Fjordman at Brussels Journal writes on the subject of how Western Art is different than that produced by other cultures and other times in history. And while I am tempted to comment on the superiority of Western Art in general, this essay makes another very important point that should be of concern to all those who value not only the artistic heritage of the West, but also art produced by other non-Western cultures. For it seems that wherever Muslims go in the world, they bring their destruction and hate with them. History shows that Muslims have no tolerance for the art of any culture and that they will go out of their way to destroy any cultural artifacts which do not conform to their primitive and backwards stone-age prejudice. If you value art, you must reject Islam and the savages who love to destroy beauty.
The great Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan were demolished by the Taliban regime in 2001, who decreed that they would destroy images deemed "offensive to Islam." The Taliban Information Minister complained that "The destruction work is not as easy as people would think. You can't knock down the statues by dynamite or shelling as both of them have been carved in a cliff. They are firmly attached to the mountain." The statues, 53 meters and 36 meters tall, the tallest standing Buddha statues in the world, turned out to be so hard to destroy that the Taliban needed help from Pakistani and Saudi engineers to finish the job. Finally, after almost a month of non-stop bombardment with dynamite and artillery, they succeeded.
Judging from the experiences with the Bamiyan Buddhas, it is tempting to conclude that the only reason why the pyramids of Egypt have survived to this day is because they were so big that it proved too complicated, costly and time-consuming for Muslims to destroy them. Had Saladin's son Al-Aziz had modern technology and engineers at his disposal, they might well have ended up like countless Hindu temples in India or Buddhist statues in Central Asia.
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