ISIS Blows Up Jonah's Tomb

[onehandle]

ISIS militants in Iraq have destroyed what is thought to be the burial site of the prophet Jonah. In a video spread widely on the Internet, ISIS appears to have blown up the tomb built for the man who many Jews, Christians and Muslims believe was swallowed by a whale. The Al Qaeda splinter group has made a habit of destroying important religious sites they deem counter to their fundamentalist beliefs.

Ok, yeah. Bomb these fuckers back to the stone age.

Sorry, but the Taliban in Afghanistan got what they deserved after destroying ancient Buddhas.

Fuck these lunatics.

[Boomerproud]

1. Crickets.

The silence is deafening.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. You'd think the "Save The Whales" group would say something.

[wolfisis]

2. Isis blows up Jonah tomb

what this group did was horrible. i just want them to quit using my Goddess's name when they talk about the terrorists. they are the Islamic State not Isis.my Goddess is about love and peace not terrorism.

[Plucketeer]

3. I don't think this is all that bad

A thorough cleansing of ALL religious artifacts would level the playing fields. In fact..... when no supernatural deities intervened and meted out revenge, it might awaken some to the worthlessness of ALL that crap!

[onehandle]

4. Nuke the Louvre... The Met... The White House... nt

[delrem]

5. Well, nobody got "swallowed by a whale"

That's just a story in a book that quite some number consider "the word of God".

But I'm curious, were these ISIS people "terrorists" or "moderate rebels".
I ask, because "the west" and "allies of the west" seem so embedded.

[onehandle]

8. Columbus didn't discover America.

But history is history.

Personally, I think Israelis, Muslims, Christians, etc should be thrown out of the holy sites in the Middle East, and they should be taken over by historians protected by the UN.

[delrem]

9. I think a constitution where all people are considered equal under the law is the answer. nt

[JDPriestly]

7. What nuts. That's horrible.

[delrem]

10. Hopefully the "moderate rebels" learn from this, how to be more media friendly. nt

[jamzrockz]

17. But they still have the same goals as ISIS

i.e. toppling the current secular administration in Syria. Also looking at the result from Libya and the dictatorships in the Gulf states that suppoirt them, any rebel who still thinks the cause is worth fighting for is no moderate.

[Warpy]

11. If the mosque had been built by Shi'a Muslims, that would explain it

But yeah, vandalism by religious purists is the worst kind. They always want to erase the past rather than build upon it.

[Dustlawyer]

12. I can see American Evangelicals doing the same to other religions "Holy" sites.

[delrem]

13. Perhaps, but it isn't happening. So your imagination is a bit off. nt

[Dustlawyer]

15. I don't believe that I said it was, so your snark was a bit premature, chill.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Tell that to the families of these children

when members of an American religious evangelical loon cult decided to send a message. But ya know, when it happens to certain groups, it never happened at all!!!

[marble falls]

14. meh

[jamzrockz]

18. Syria

Meet your "liberators"