Source When the two colossi were newly carved, the great Chinese traveller Hsuan Tsang saw them in 642 AD and noted their brilliant reflection from a distance. The smaller Buddha was Maitreya and the taller one was Rocana In 2000, the Taliban destroyed two 5th century AD statues of Buddha in Bamiyan. One was 114… Continue reading WORD FOR WORD: The Buddhas the Taliban destroyed —Khaled Ahmed
Month: November 2005
International Religious Freedom Report 2005 – Afghanistan
Source Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor The country experienced civil war, political violence, religious and political extremism, and misrule for more than 25 years before 2001. In December 2001, the Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) took office, and in June 2002, the Emergency Loya Jirga, a gathering of Afghan representatives from… Continue reading International Religious Freedom Report 2005 – Afghanistan