ISIS: Destroying Egypts Sphinx, Pyramids Is Religious Duty
ISIS caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told followers of his terror group that destroying Egypts national monuments, such as the pyramids and the sphinx, is a religious duty that must be carried out by those who worship Islam, as idolatry is strictly banned in the religion, according to reports.
UK radical Islamist Anjem Choudary echoed Baghdadis sentiments, telling
The Telegraph: When Egypt comes under the auspices of the Khalifa [Caliphate], there will be no more pyramids, no more Sphinx, no more idolatry, saying that the ancient statuess destruction will be just.
Another Islamist preacher, Ibrahim Al Kandari, agrees that the cultural monuments need to be destroyed to comply with the Shariah.
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