These are amazing crimes against humanity! I am deeply saddened.
cecil
Heiko Recktenwald wrote:
>
> > > We, the undersigned, plead for an immediate end to the Taliban edict to
> > > demolish Afghanistan's cultural heritage. We further urge the Taliban
> > > spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar to enter into dialogue with the
> > > international community - including the Arab and Islamic governments that
> > > overwhelmingly have condemned these actions - in order to explore
> > proposals
> > > to safeguard this irreplaceable cultural heritage from further, senseless
> > > destruction. The edict of the 26 th of February 2001 to destroy
> > pre-Islamic
> > > and Buddhist objects-including the world's largest standing Buddha statues
> > > at Bamiyan-runs counter to all the basic principles of respect, tolerance
> > > and the wisdom upon which Islam is based, and is a breach of the Taliban
> > > pledge made in 1999. We plead with Taliban authorities to stop this
> > > irreversible assault on two millennia of Afghanistan's artistic and
> > cultural
> > > achievements, treasured not only as the spiritual birthright of Buddhists
> > > everywhere but also as a universal cultural heritage for people of all
> > > faiths and nationalities.
>
> May the stones survive.
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