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| The Salafist party's plan for the Pyramids? Cover them in wax |
| 2011-12-27 |
| The pyramids at Giza are the most stunning sight I have ever seen. True, their lonely eminence is threatened by Cairo's unlicensed building sprawl, with half completed houses inching their way towards them. Surveying them at night as the calls to prayer multiplied into a thunder of sound from central Cairo already told me a few years back what was coming. For now members of the Nour (The Light) Salafist party, which won 20 per cent of the vote in recent elections, are talking about putting an end to the 'idolatry' represented by the pyramids. This means destruction - along the lines essayed by the Afghan Taliban who blew up the Banyam Buddhas - or 'concealment' by covering them with wax. Tourists would presumably see great blobs rather than the perfectly carved steps. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #8 Wax wurx on turnips, rutabagas and Edam cheese; there just might be something to this. |
| Posted by: Floluter Wittlesbach3688 2011-12-27 21:25 |
| #7 The only way you're gonna get rid of the pyramids is to disassemble them. It would have been much wiser to have "found some evidence" that Mohammad had a vision there or something making them an Islamic Holy site. What really bugs me is Muslims spread across North Africa in the days right after Mohammad did his thing, and they weren't bothered by the pyramids yet this new batch of nutters can't handle anything, even a religion that is not worshiped any longer. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-12-27 21:00 |
| #6 They will do it, too. Look at what they are doing in Mecca. They bulldozed Mohammed's house. All the Shia and Sufi shrines are going or gone. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2011-12-27 19:40 |
| #5 The aliens that built them are gonna be pissssed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-12-27 15:23 |
| #4 Wax+hot day=pyramids in a puddle of goo |
| Posted by: Fred 2011-12-27 15:19 |
| #3 More than they can afford. Dynamite, on the other hand, is cheap... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-12-27 13:46 |
| #2 How much wax does it take to cover a pyramid? |
| Posted by: Creregum Glolump8403 2011-12-27 13:12 |
| #1 Enjoy eating them when you have no money and no aid and can't buy food, assholes. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-12-27 12:40 |