By Raymond Ibrahim – “According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi‘i, those ‘symbols of paganism,’ which Egypt’s Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrain’s ‘Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs’ and President of National Unity, Abd al-Latif al-Mahmoud, called on Egypt’s new president, Muhammad Morsi, to ‘destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what the Sahabi Amr bin al-As could not.’

This is a reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s companion, Amr bin al-As and his Arabian tribesmen, who invaded and conquered Egypt circa 641. Under al-As and subsequent Muslim rule, many Egyptian antiquities were destroyed as relics of infidelity. While most Western academics argue otherwise, according to early Muslim writers, the great Library of Alexandria itself—deemed a repository of pagan knowledge contradicting the Koran—was destroyed under bin al-As’s reign and in compliance with Caliph Omar’s command.

However, while book-burning was an easy activity in the 7th century, destroying the mountain-like pyramids and their guardian Sphinx was not—even if Egypt’s Medieval Mamluk rulers ‘de-nosed’ the latter during target practice.

Now, however, as Bahrain’s ‘Sheikh of Sheikhs’ observes, and thanks to modern technology, the pyramids can be destroyed. The only question left is whether the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt is ‘pious’ enough—if he is willing to complete the Islamization process that started under the hands of Egypt’s first Islamic conqueror.”

Well, i havent visited egypt yet but i'm sure the info can be found online.


Since everybody just does as they like these days, no brake no jam.

What a bunch of mórons! This is why you should never mix religion with politics.

When you give irrational people that kind of power, one can only expect large scale acts of stúpidity.

@ OP

Good the content of your article clarifies it is the Salafists/Wahhabis (who are Sunnis) calling for Egypt to destroy its past.however you title is misleading.you can see their handwork below:

Salafist Militants Destroying Islam's History In Africa
https://www.nairaland.com/981172/salafist-militants-destroying-islams-history

'Tomatoes Are Christian,' Egyptian Salafist Group Warns
https://www.nairaland.com/976055/tomatoes-christian-egyptian-salafist-group/1

Egypt Presidential Candidate Said That The Shiites Are More Dangerous Than Jews
https://www.nairaland.com/970957/egypt-presidential-candidate-said-shiites

Presently,egyptians are protesting against Morsi.the egyptians are regretting voting for these fanatics.

If the people in power are actually thinking of doing this, and this is not just a weak rumor or a lie then their government is actually much dumber than I thought. I know the religious fanatics are generally going to be pretty dumb, but hopefully the people ruling the country aren't exactly the same.

Those fools already wrecked Nubian archaeological sites with the Aswan dam, but fewer people cared because it was the Nubian past that was affected. But if they actually carry this out, they'll be a laughingstock. I think ultimately it won't happen simply because of the tourist revenue that the pyramids bring to Egypt.

remember the outrage that happened after the taliban bombed the Ancient Idols of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.

Egypt's economy depends on these Pagan relics of their ancestors. Let them just try. the world will turn upside down if they ever do that. the ba.sterds.