There is a kind of bizarre cockiness in faithfuls which you don't see in other groups. It seems that the followers of Al Islam believe it their divine right to be intransigent and intolerant of others faiths while the world at large must be extra sensitive to their middle-age ethos. Its scriptures are replete with words like Kafir, Qurbani and Qatl ( Infidel, Sacrifice and Kill). A case in point is the destruction of Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan. The act was not impulsive. It was a deliberate act, announced well in advance giving sufficient time to outrage, dare and mock the world. There was absolutely no provocation. The stone icons belonged to Buddhism, which is not in any apparent clash with Islam. The destruction was carried out over a period of time to derive maximum glee from watching consternation of a stunned world. The reluctant and feeble protest of Islamic nations suggests attitude of "Oh! Come on, its nothing, just a few kids having fun."
I wouldn’t suggest that this has given the world the right to knock down some important symbol of Islam, but shouldn’t they expect such a possibility from a fringe radical group from other religions. What if some radicals do knock down the "Black Cubic Block", the most important symbol of Islam in Mecca? Will there be similar feeble protest? Sounds inhuman! Well, some Buddhists really cried at their loss.
