Egypt takes Islamist threats to destroy Pyramids, Sphinx seriously

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jimmy olsen

November 13, 2012, 08:09:40 PM
Things are definitely not looking good for Egypt these days.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/13/249354.html

QuoteEgypt takes threats to destroy Pyramids, Sphinx seriously: official

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

By AL ARABIYA

Egypt is taking a jihadist's calls to destroy the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx "seriously," an Egyptian interior ministry source has said, according to reports.

The source, who was not named, spoke to the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper late Monday in response to Sheikh Murgan Salem al-Gohary's television interview earlier this week.

Gohary, a jihadist with self-professed links to the Taliban, called for the "destruction of the Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids in Egypt," drawing ties between the Egyptian relics and Buddha statues.

The Islamist, previously twice-sentenced under former President Hosni Mubarak for advocating violence, called on Muslims to remove such "idols."

"All Muslims are charged with applying the teachings of Islam to remove such idols, as we did in Afghanistan when we destroyed the Buddha statues," he said on Saturday during a television interview on an Egyptian private channel, widely watched by Egyptian and Arab audiences.

"God ordered Prophet Mohammed to destroy idols," he added. "When I was with the Taliban we destroyed the statue of Buddha, something the government failed to do."

His comments came a day after thousands of ultraconservative Islamists gathered in Tahrir Square to call for the strict application of Sharia law in the new constitution.

But in retaliation to Gohary's remarks, the vice president of Tunisia's Ennahda party, Sheikh Abdel Fattah Moro, called the live program and told Gohary that famous historic military commander Amr ibn al-Aas did not destroy statues when he conquered Egypt.

"So who are you to do it?" he wondered. "The Prophet destroyed the idols because people worshiped them, but the Sphinx and the Pyramids are not worshiped."

Gohary, 50, is well-known in Egypt for his advocacy of violence, Egypt Independent reported.

In recent months, fears have surfaced that the ultra-conservative Salafi political powers may soon wish to debate new guidelines over Egyptian antiquities.

Islamists have swept the recent presidential and parliamentary elections in the country's post-revolutionary stage, with the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists rising to political power.
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mongers

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November 13, 2012, 08:24:37 PM
Of all the world monuments to threaten, I think the Giza pyramids would be the hardest to destroy, what are they in the 3-10 million tonnes of stone each.

Even the Sphinx is fairly substantial, I guess you could blow off its human head, but that would require some preparation.
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November 13, 2012, 08:29:28 PM
It isn't really as big as you'd think.  It could be defaced or destroyed with explosives easily enough.  The Sphinx that is.
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November 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
Yeah, I mean according to Islamic chroniclers one guy knocked the nose off the Sphinx ( I don't know if that's true or not though).  The Pyramids are like big hill made of stone.
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November 13, 2012, 08:33:33 PM
Blow the motherfuckers up.
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mongers

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November 13, 2012, 08:41:12 PM Last Edit: November 13, 2012, 08:46:04 PM by mongers
Any one got a source for good estimate of the weights of the three Giza pyramids ?

I suspect I could be off by an order or two of magnitude.  :blush:

edit:
I've found one reference on wiki to a figure taken from a book on the subject of the great pyramids dimensions.
The suggestion is it's 6×109 kg which is what, 6 million tonnes.
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November 13, 2012, 08:49:09 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
Yeah, I mean according to Islamic chroniclers one guy knocked the nose off the Sphinx ( I don't know if that's true or not though).  The Pyramids are like big hill made of stone.
I thought a French canonball knocked the nose off?
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November 13, 2012, 08:57:30 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 13, 2012, 08:33:33 PM
Blow the motherfuckers up.

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November 13, 2012, 08:59:49 PM
Idols? Does anyone actually worship those objects? :unsure:
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November 13, 2012, 09:02:36 PM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

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"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

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November 13, 2012, 09:39:48 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 13, 2012, 08:49:09 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
Yeah, I mean according to Islamic chroniclers one guy knocked the nose off the Sphinx ( I don't know if that's true or not though).  The Pyramids are like big hill made of stone.
I thought a French canonball knocked the nose off?

Please tell me you are kidding.
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November 13, 2012, 09:51:44 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 13, 2012, 09:39:48 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 13, 2012, 08:49:09 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
Yeah, I mean according to Islamic chroniclers one guy knocked the nose off the Sphinx ( I don't know if that's true or not though).  The Pyramids are like big hill made of stone.
I thought a French canonball knocked the nose off?

Please tell me you are kidding.
its always France's fault, you know that. 
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November 13, 2012, 09:53:52 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 13, 2012, 09:39:48 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 13, 2012, 08:49:09 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
Yeah, I mean according to Islamic chroniclers one guy knocked the nose off the Sphinx ( I don't know if that's true or not though).  The Pyramids are like big hill made of stone.
I thought a French canonball knocked the nose off?

Please tell me you are kidding.

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#14
November 13, 2012, 09:55:39 PM
Bugs single handedly defamed and libeled nimrod. That's a pretty impressive feat.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
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