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ISIS destroys ancient statues, shrines & artifacts
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07-25-2014, 11:24 AM
The Iconoclasts did it too in the Roman Empire in the 8th century and so on. It was Roman iconoclasm that probably spurred the Islamic belief of not portraying faces and whatnot.
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ISIS destroys ancient statues, shrines & artifacts - by tartaros - 07-22-2014, 10:52 PM
ISIS destroys ancient statues, shrines & artifacts - by Flavivs Aetivs - 07-25-2014, 11:24 AM

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