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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Some years ago, Taliban lads, wishing to cleanse Afghanistan of idols, destroyed the 6th-century Bamiyan Buddhas and threw the pieces in the Tiber. EWTN covered it live.

12:47 PM · Oct 22, 2019

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Samuel J. Howard

These were kitsch statues though, not sixth century relics.

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Annette McDermott, ssj

This is what came to my mind immediately. 😪

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Peter Kupselaitis

@PeteKupselaitis

I recall that - so very sad. And a reminder of misguided fundamentalism gone wrong.

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Not really. You evidently missed the ironic allusion to recent events in Rome.

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