FOX: Report: Iran confiscates Buddha statues to stop promotion of Buddhism

FOX:

TEHRAN, Iran –  Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from “The Simpsons” TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation.

Authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the country, according to a report Sunday in the independent Arman daily.

Iran has long fought against items, such as Barbie toys, to defuse Western influence, but this appears to be the first time that Iranian authorities are showing an opposition to symbols from the East.

The newspaper quoted Saeed Jaberi Ansari, an official for the protection of Iran’s cultural heritage, as calling the Buddha statues symbols of “cultural invasion.”

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5 Replies to “FOX: Report: Iran confiscates Buddha statues to stop promotion of Buddhism”

  1. Egypt telecoms authority says can’t block YouTube

    CAIRO (AP) – An Egyptian rights group and the nation’s telecommunication’s ministry have filed appeals to reverse a court order to block YouTube.

    Last week, a judge ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website for 30 days for its carrying of an anti-Islam video that set off deadly riots last year.

    The ministry said this week it cannot block access to YouTube because of high technical costs, adding that it cannot legally monitor the content of social media websites.

    The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression in Egypt said Saturday that it too filed an appeal, calling the verdict “collective punishment.”

    YouTube has already blocked access to the film in Egypt because it broke local laws.

    Past Egyptian verdicts banning websites deemed offensive were similarly not implemented.

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  2. If Iranians really want to protect their ‘cultural heritage’ they should abolish Islam, revert back to Zoroastrianism and revert the name of the country back to Persia.