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Calls to Destroy Egypts Great Pyramids Begin
According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypts Great Pyramidsor, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabii, those symbols of paganism, which Egypts Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrains Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs and President of National Unity, Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud, called on Egypts new president, Muhammad Morsi, to destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not.
This is a reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammads companion, Amr bin al-As and his Arabian tribesmen, who invaded and conquered Egypt circa 641. Under al-As and subsequent Muslim rule, many Egyptian antiquities were destroyed as relics of infidelity. While most Western academics argue otherwise, according to early Muslim writers, the great Library of Alexandria itselfdeemed a repository of pagan knowledge contradicting the Koranwas destroyed under bin al-Ass reign and in compliance with Caliph Omars command.
However, while book-burning was an easy activity in the 7th century, destroying the mountain-like pyramids and their guardian Sphinx was noteven if Egypts Medieval Mamluk rulers de-nosed the latter during target practice (though popular legend still attributes it to a Westerner, Napoleon).
Now, however, as Bahrains Sheikh of Sheikhs observes, and thanks to modern technology, the pyramids can be destroyed. The only question left is whether the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt is pious enoughif he is willing to complete the Islamization process that started under the hands of Egypts first Islamic conqueror.
Nor is such a course of action implausible. History is laden with examples of Muslims destroying their own pre-Islamic heritagestarting with Islams prophet Muhammad himself, who destroyed Arabias Kaba temple, transforming it into a mosque.
Asking What is it about Islam that so often turns its adherents against their own patrimony? Daniel Pipes provides several examples, from Medieval Muslims in India destroying their forefathers temples, to contemporary Muslims destroying their non-Islamic heritage in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, and Tunisia.
Currently, in what the International Criminal Court is describing as a possible war crime, Islamic fanatics are destroying the ancient heritage of the city of Timbuktu in Maliall to Islams triumphant war cry, Allahu Akbar!
Much of this hate for their own pre-Islamic heritage is tied to the fact that, traditionally, Muslims do not identify with this or that nation, culture, heritage, or language, but only with the Islamic nationthe Umma.
Accordingly, while many EgyptiansMuslims and non-Muslims alikesee themselves as Egyptians, Islamists have no national identity, identifying only with Islams culture, based on the sunna of the prophet and Islams language, Arabic. This sentiment was clearly reflected when the former Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, declared the hell with Egypt, indicating that the interests of his country are secondary to Islams.
It is further telling that such calls are being made nowimmediately after a Muslim Brotherhood member became Egypts president. In fact, the same reports discussing the call to demolish the last of the Seven Wonders of the Word, also note that Egyptian Salafis are calling on Morsi to banish all Shias and Bahais from Egypt.
In other words, Morsis call to release the Blind Sheikh, a terrorist mastermind, may be the tip of the iceberg in coming audacity. From calls to legalize Islamic sex-slave marriage to calls to institute morality police to calls to destroy Egypts mountain-like monuments, under Muslim Brotherhood tutelage, the bottle has been uncorked, and the genie unleashed in Egypt.
Will all those international institutions, which make it a point to look the other way whenever human rights abuses are committed by Muslims, lest they appear Islamophobic, at least take note now that the Great Pyramids appear to be next on Islams hit list, or will the fact that Muslims are involved silence them once againeven as those most ancient symbols of human civilization are pummeled to the ground?
According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypts Great Pyramidsor, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabii, those symbols of paganism, which Egypts Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrains Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs and President of National Unity, Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud, called on Egypts new president, Muhammad Morsi, to destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not.
This is a reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammads companion, Amr bin al-As and his Arabian tribesmen, who invaded and conquered Egypt circa 641. Under al-As and subsequent Muslim rule, many Egyptian antiquities were destroyed as relics of infidelity. While most Western academics argue otherwise, according to early Muslim writers, the great Library of Alexandria itselfdeemed a repository of pagan knowledge contradicting the Koranwas destroyed under bin al-Ass reign and in compliance with Caliph Omars command.
However, while book-burning was an easy activity in the 7th century, destroying the mountain-like pyramids and their guardian Sphinx was noteven if Egypts Medieval Mamluk rulers de-nosed the latter during target practice (though popular legend still attributes it to a Westerner, Napoleon).
Now, however, as Bahrains Sheikh of Sheikhs observes, and thanks to modern technology, the pyramids can be destroyed. The only question left is whether the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt is pious enoughif he is willing to complete the Islamization process that started under the hands of Egypts first Islamic conqueror.
Nor is such a course of action implausible. History is laden with examples of Muslims destroying their own pre-Islamic heritagestarting with Islams prophet Muhammad himself, who destroyed Arabias Kaba temple, transforming it into a mosque.
Asking What is it about Islam that so often turns its adherents against their own patrimony? Daniel Pipes provides several examples, from Medieval Muslims in India destroying their forefathers temples, to contemporary Muslims destroying their non-Islamic heritage in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, and Tunisia.
Currently, in what the International Criminal Court is describing as a possible war crime, Islamic fanatics are destroying the ancient heritage of the city of Timbuktu in Maliall to Islams triumphant war cry, Allahu Akbar!
Much of this hate for their own pre-Islamic heritage is tied to the fact that, traditionally, Muslims do not identify with this or that nation, culture, heritage, or language, but only with the Islamic nationthe Umma.
Accordingly, while many EgyptiansMuslims and non-Muslims alikesee themselves as Egyptians, Islamists have no national identity, identifying only with Islams culture, based on the sunna of the prophet and Islams language, Arabic. This sentiment was clearly reflected when the former Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, declared the hell with Egypt, indicating that the interests of his country are secondary to Islams.
It is further telling that such calls are being made nowimmediately after a Muslim Brotherhood member became Egypts president. In fact, the same reports discussing the call to demolish the last of the Seven Wonders of the Word, also note that Egyptian Salafis are calling on Morsi to banish all Shias and Bahais from Egypt.
In other words, Morsis call to release the Blind Sheikh, a terrorist mastermind, may be the tip of the iceberg in coming audacity. From calls to legalize Islamic sex-slave marriage to calls to institute morality police to calls to destroy Egypts mountain-like monuments, under Muslim Brotherhood tutelage, the bottle has been uncorked, and the genie unleashed in Egypt.
Will all those international institutions, which make it a point to look the other way whenever human rights abuses are committed by Muslims, lest they appear Islamophobic, at least take note now that the Great Pyramids appear to be next on Islams hit list, or will the fact that Muslims are involved silence them once againeven as those most ancient symbols of human civilization are pummeled to the ground?
