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Well, at least they're consistent, if rather absurd if they imagine idolatry can be 'fought' by means of the destruction of physical objects. It may be said to have worked for Moses, at least for a time, but 'holy' physical objects have always been part of religion, whether monotheistic or polytheistic, from Christian relics to whatever, so good luck trying to get away from that by getting a lot of people's backs up instead of trying to peacefully increase understanding. /holyinnocence
Oliver Schick
Yeah, that's exactly right. It's a very Salafi view of man's relationship with the meaning invested in physical objects. One ISIS member has even been quoted as saying that they'd destroy the stones at Mecca for being idolatrous.