[LETTER #6]
DATE: FEBRUARY 26TH 2001
NAME: MULLAH OMAR; TALIBAN LEADER
ORIGIN: AFGHANISTAN
LANGUAGE: PERSIAN
TYPE: DECREE
In view of the Fatwa of our prominent scholars and verdict of our Supreme Court, it has been decided by the Afghan governing elite that all statues and idols present in this country, will be broken down effective immediately (Krieken, 2002). These blasphemous idols have been gods of the infidels, who expect them to turn into gods again; the only God is Allah and all others should be removed (Krieken, 2002). My job is to implement the proper Islamic order as they were intended by the Quran. I ask the surronding Muslim countries for support and instead they question what we are doing. To them I ask this, how could we justify, at the time of the Last Judgement, having left these impurities on Afghan soil (Centlivres, 2008). We have given enough warning, and now the time has come to fulfill our destiny.
“All we have destroyed are stones. I don’t care about anything else but Islam” ( Warikoo 107)
Source in this Letter:
Centlivres, Peter, The Controversy over the Buddhas of Bamiyan. February 2008. South Asian Multi-Disciplinary Academic Journal. 26, March 2010 <http://samaj.revues.org/index992.html>
Krieken, Juliette, A Turn-Around for Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage? March 2002. International Institute for Asian Studies. 26. March 2010 <http://www.iias.nl/nl/27/IIAS_NL27_1516.pdf>
Warikoo, K, Bamiyan: Challenge to World Heritage, Bhavana Books & Prints: New Delhi, 2002.
