SV: SV: Plight of Buddhist art

[Raveen Satkurunathan]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:41:26 -0500, L. Suresh Kumar-LSK
<lskumar at SYMPATICO.CA> wrote:

>vaNakkam
>
>>> Mr. Oberoi's comments are, at the least,  uncalled for,
>>> inappropriate, and unhelpful.
>
>And so are the comments of RohitChopra who seconded
>RohanOberoi's ideas !! Is this any exception/surprise ???
>
>No Muslim, educated or not, intellectual or not, will
>ever come out of the closet and condemn the acts of
>the Taliban - the reason being, if they did condemn it,
>then they are violating the teachings of Mohammed (their
>prophet) and hence violating what is in koran. How could
>they do it ?

Muslim (political) party to urge Taliban against destroying statues

http://www.indiaabroaddaily.com/2001/02/28/28taliban.html

Rauf Hakeem

"This decree is wrong and has been taken without the proper understanding
of Islamic tolerance," said Hakeem. He appealed to all governments to join
in pressuring the Afghan authorities from carrying out the order

Raveen