UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization),  where are you when needed?  Nearly seven years ago the Taliban blew up and destroyed the thousands year old Buddha statues carved into the mountains of the Bamiyan province in Afghanistan becauseThe top Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, ordered the destruction of the statues on February 26, declaring that they had been worshipped as false gods in the past and, if left standing, might be so venerated again. Justice Minister Mullah Turabi reportedly made the proposal to Omar, then discussed the issue on the Taliban's highest body, the Shuria council, which took the decision to destroy “all statues and idols” as they “idolise infidel gods”.Now there are reports  that another Moslem leader, Iran's Mohammed Ahmadinejad and his ayatollahs, are planning a similar religious/cultural purge by destroying all traces of non Moslem artifacts  in the...(Read Full Post)