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...across the weary soil of this miserable nation for so long that the prospects of its recovery, even if the Taliban were to vanish tomorrow, are distant at best. And now the Taliban have outraged world opinion with yet another bizarre and fanatic provocation. The leading Taliban mullah, Mohammed Omar, declared that since the Koran forbade the worship of idols, all idols in the country (meaning, for the most part, Buddhist sculpture made before the arrival of the Muslims in the 8th century) were to be destroyed. "The statues are no big issue," said an official, Qadratullah Jamal, from...
...Taliban official reported to United Nations Secretary General Kofi A. Annan on Monday that the demolition of the two great standing Buddhas of Bamiyan was complete, dashing hopes that the last minute intervention could save the statues. Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar's edict that ordered all images and statues deemed "offensive to Islam" be destroyed was finally carried out. But the destruction did not go unnoticed. Government and religious leaders from around the world, as well as scholars and international aid organizations, rightfully denounced the mullah's decision as a coldly calculated maneuver designed to eliminate Buddhism and other...
...regime intends to destroy these statues and countless other archeological treasures. Why? Because they are un-Islamic, since they are idols, sculpted in man's image, say the Taliban. "We do not understand why everybody is so worried," declared Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, who issued the decree last Monday to smash all pre-Islamic idols around the country, "All we are breaking are stones...
...breaking are stones." MULLAH MOHAMMED OMAR, Taliban supreme leader, after issuing an order to destroy all statues, including two giant Buddhas, in Afghanistan, sparking world outrage
...Archaeological Survey of India, he led an Indian effort in the 1970s to conserve the Buddhas, the world's tallest, standing 53 meters and 35 meters high. Sengupta spoke to TIME South Asia contributor Maseeh Rahman following last week's destruction order issued by Taliban Supreme Leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar. Edited excerpts...