'Islamic State' Blows Up Ancient Temple of Palmyra

Jerome · Sep 10, 2015

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34112593

Why Islamic State Militants Destroy Ancient Sites

The destruction of the grandest, most important temple in the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra has flung so-called Islamic State's (IS) barbarous actions back into international consciousness. Many will wonder why anyone would so actively seek to raze historical and cultural marvels that have lasted millennia. . .
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/951326/iconoclasm-rampant/

Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons or monuments and other imagery for political or religious purposes – and it is not new. In recent history, the Puritans of the Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell, which was in power from 1649 to 1660, wreaked all manner of destruction on churches, monasteries and other places of religious significance with which they had ideological differences. The Islamic State (IS) of their day. A medieval Taliban. That wanton destruction is now being seen in Syria, a country that is a vast repository of the history of the Graeco-Roman world and the later architecture of the medieval world that succeeded it. The destruction of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra is just the latest and most high-profile of it acts committed by IS in its drive to purify the lands it controls of all trace of divergent thought, expression and ideology.
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Jkdbuck76 · Sep 11, 2015

not only that, but they decapitated the curator of the local museum. Again, why aren't we + the international community exterminating these cockroaches?

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