History, they say, is written by the winning side. And in the Islamic world at the moment, the winning side appears to be the Wahabi strain. We all doubtless remember the disgraceful act in the 1990s when the Taliban dynamited the famous reclining Buddhas in the Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Now we hear the Wahabiites are now destroying ancient shrines to Mohamed, peace be on him, in Saudi Arabia itself. Anxious, on the face of it, to avoid the sin of idolatry, some observers have interpreted these latest rounds of historical vandalism in an even darker way.
It seems the Wahabis (they're the ones who'd rather die, or at least murder) before they see their women get any education) really want to distance the faithful from the teachings of the prophet himself, as the peaceful, tolerant teachings he gave are inimical to the modern, hate filled rhetoric they peddle
This is like Christian priests advising their parishioners to forget the Sermon on the Mount or even that Christ died for our sins.
My view: these men are as evil as the Nazis or the Japanese militarists who started WW2. And like them, if the world is to move forward, they must be crushed. I fear there is no other option. They'd crush us if they got the chance.
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