Whenever extremists want the world to appear different from what it was, and hence affect what it is, they have the wonderful habit of trying to change the facts to suit their own point of view.
Hitler and his Fascists did it, the Communists in the Soviet Union did it. Sadly it is even happening in parts of the United States - and they really should know better than that.
And of course extreme Islamists are very much into this. Their particular line tends to be destroy anything resembling a history that they consider "impure". This is not acceptable, therefore we will destroy all the ancient relics related to these unacceptable areas.
So the wonderful Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed in Afghanistan - relics which had stood for 1400 years.
And recently the libraries containing historical works dating back hundreds of years in Timbuktu were destroyed by the cultural extremist Islamist thugs in Mali.
What these individuals brought would not have advanced the people of the towns they occupied - a pre-medieval culture of excessive brutality imposed upon an unwilling people, who were delighted when the French drove them out.
But the works that they destroyed are irreplaceable.
Sadly these morons learn nowt.
If this is Islam, the world does not need it.
And the words that the fanatics must learn and understand. History is not biased or fanatical. It is neutral. It is based upon facts that will eventually be judged by people, men and women, who have an open mind and will examine those facts from all sides and all angles.
Destroying the amazing cultural relics and inheritance of a country, or an area, will not change that. And history also indicates that those that have tried to make the facts fit their own ridiculous views are usually condemned for their actions and beliefs.
How many people these days have a polite word for Hitler or Stalin? The same will apply to the fanatical leaders of this barbaric Islamic cult, great or small. Remember that. History certainly will!
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