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India-Pakistan
Militants fail to destroy Buddhist carvings in Swat
2007-09-30
Pro-Taliban barbarians militants failed in another attempt to blow up rock carvings of Buddha in Swat district, police said on Saturday. The militants, late Saturday night, tried to destroy the Buddha carvings through powerful explosives but failed in their attempt in the Jahanabad area of Swat Valley.

Previously, pro-Taliban militants tried to destroy the carvings on September 12 but only succeeded in partially damaging them. The incident recalled the internationally condemned destruction of the huge Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban regime in 2001. Police sources said shrapnel from the blast hit the rock but didn’t damage the Buddhist images. “It appears to be the work of the local militants who condemn these relics as being un-Islamic,” police said.

Elsewhere, unidentified militants blew up two barbershops in the Manja area of Kabal tehsil in Swat Valley late Saturday night. Barbers Amjad and Rahmat Ali told Daily Times that before the attack, they both received threatening letters from unknown militants warning them to stop their un-Islamic business or face bombing. “We were punished for not obeying militant orders,” they said.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Remember folks, the incredibly beautiful monuments in john frum's images would all be dynamited into rubble after the installation of a global caliphate. The Sistine Chapel, Notre Dame, St. Paul's and so much of our world's architectural heritage would be demolished. The Mona Lisa, all the Old Masters, our Library of Congress would all be heaped on bonfires. This is but one small fraction of the mayhem that awaits any failure in the Global War on Terrorism. The human death toll will be in the BILLIONS. If ever I seem impatient about crushing Islam, this is why. Thousands of years worth of human achievement and humanity itself stand at risk because a group of psychotic, genocidal thugs thinks it's their place to rule us. We cannot crush Islam fast enough. The Bamiyan Buddhas are just a small part of the price being paid for being slow to act.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-30 14:10  

#12  Gorgeous, John. Thanks for these.
Posted by: lotp   2007-09-30 13:06  

#11  Thankfully most carvings on the subcontinent are out of reach of the Taliban


THE CHAITYA-GRIHA AT Bedsa,


NASHIK CAVES, 2ND century A.D. A grand group of rock-cut caves is on top of a high hill on the outskirts of Nashik.


The earliest depiction of Indra, Bhaja caves, 2nd century B.C. The vihara, Cave 18, at Bhaja has sculptures that have been identified as Brahmanical deities. Surya and Indra, who rides an elephant, can be seen in the veranda of the cave.


Mithunas, Karle chaitya-griha.


RANI GUMPHA, KHANDAGIRI, Orissa, Jaina caves, 1st century A.D. The rock-cut caves of the Jaina tradition are very similar to those of the Buddhist faith


MITHUNAS, CAVE 3, Kanheri, 2nd century A.D.


RIDERS ON ELEPHANTS, pillar capitals, Karle chaitya-griha


At Karle is one of the greatest rock-cut chaitya-grihas. This is of the 1st to 2nd century A.D. and is the largest to have ever been carved out of rock.


A Buddhist cave at Ellora


Pillar at Ellora

Jain cave at Ellora


Inside a Jain cave


Ajanta caves













Inside the Ajanta caves
Posted by: john frum   2007-09-30 12:39  

#10  One of these days, some militant Hindi or Buddhist is going to find a way to get into Mecca and lay a charge at the Ka'bah. Then, we can run out into the streets and begin singing and waving our zionistic flags.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-09-30 08:58  

#9  i wonder if they will have too bring i the engineers and paki ISI like they did with the Buddhas in afghanistan.Also looks like when you fail too blow something up the first 2 or 3 times that you would get a notion that they aren't meant too be blown up
Posted by: sinse   2007-09-30 08:45  

#8  nuke us please. This nation (Pakistan) can no longer hope for redemption.
Posted by: pakinut   2007-09-30 08:23  

#7  And the Buddha himself, Siddhartha Gautama, an Indian prince, is nowadays depicted as an obese, Chinese man.
Posted by: john frum   2007-09-30 06:24  

#6  An example of how Buddhism was almost extinguished in the land of its birth by the followers of a foreign religion....

The very first mosque to be built in the Indian subcontinent is located in Sindh, Pakistan.
Excavations around the site reveal the remains of a Buddhist temple and a layer of human bones.
Posted by: john frum   2007-09-30 06:18  

#5  This pleases Allah.
Posted by: McZoid   2007-09-30 03:25  

#4  The international community should convert the areas surrounding all non-Islamic monuments situated in Muslim majority countries into minefileds.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-30 01:01  

#3  nice spot for competent Pak Army snipers .....whoops, what the hell was I thinking?
Posted by: Frank G   2007-09-30 00:38  

#2  
fail
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-09-30 00:29  

#1  Â“It appears to be the work of the local militants who condemn these relics as being un-Islamic,” police said.

Why do they even have cops in Swat?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-30 00:15  

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