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Sanctions and the Search for Security: Challenges to UN Action

Book by David Cortright, George A. Lopez, Linda Gerber; Lynne Rienner, 2002

Subjects:

Economic Sanctions, Security, International, United Nations--Sanctions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...a neutral party, and the Taliban no longer considered the UN an impartial mediator. The Taliban showed its contempt for international...destruction of the statues of Buddha at Bamiyan in March 2001. Within the Taliban, decisionmaking became increasingly...
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A Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Book by Michele Dillon; Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Religion And Sociology

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...themselves are desecrated (as with the destruction of the eight-hundred-year-old Great Buddha statues of Bamiyan in 2001 by Afghanistans Islamic Taliban government), the act will have a cultural significance exceeding any damage to property...
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Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, Afghanistan and beyond

Book by Mary Buckley, Rick Fawn; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

International Relations, Terrorism--Prevention

Collections: History, Entire Library

...these people feared the same people (the Taliban and al-Qaeda) that we fear. But they...from Afghanistan. In March 2001, the Taliban demolished two 1,500-year-old Buddha statues in Bamiyan. The threat to destroy the statues was...
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Civilization and Its Contents

Book by Bruce Mazlish; Stanford University Press, 2004

Collections: History, Entire Library

...process must be taken into account alongside the civilizing process itself. The Taliban ignorantly attacked civilization by blasting the ancient Buddha statues at Bamiyan to bits, but more civilized peoples have done similar things. Easy to forget...
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A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia

Book by Ian Preston; Europa Publications, 2001

Subjects:

East Asia--Politics And Government--Chronology, South Asia--Politics And Government--Chronology

Collections: History, Entire Library

...14 February 2001: The Taliban demanded the closure...organization, accused the Taliban of massacring 300 civilians...2001: Two statues of Buddha dating from the second...were destroyed by the Taliban at Bamiyan, central Afghanistan...

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Between Cult and Culture: Bamiyan, Islamic Iconoclasm, and the Museum

Journal article by Finbarr Barry Flood; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Bamiyan Afghanistan, Buddhism, Culture, Historic artifacts, Islam, Museums, Religious icons, Taliban-Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...annihilated the Buddhas were placed.142...that the Afghan Buddhas were ideally suited...assigned to them in the Bamiyan episode, for they...representing the Buddha anthropomorphically...origins of both the Bamiyan Buddhas and the museum as...Rahmatullah Hashimi, a Taliban envoy to the United...
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Chronology: Afghanistan

Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 55, 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Humanitarian aid, Politics, Refugees, Social conditions & trends, Taliban-Afghanistan, War

Collections: History, Entire Library

...600-year-old Buddhas, located in Bamiyan Province, 100 miles...Mar. 3: In Kabul, Taliban Information and Culture...Jamal announced that in Bamiyan Province, Taliban forces had begun destroying two Buddha statues. 3/4 NYT...
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The Farc and the Taliban's Connection to Drugs

Journal article by Alain Labrousse; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 35, 2005

Subjects:

Cocaine, Drug trafficking, Guerrilla forces, Narcotics, Revolutionary Armed Forces-Colombia, Taliban-Afghanistan, Terrorism

Collections: Entire Library

...imprisonments). The Taliban, however, dispatched...Afghanistan, while the Taliban still thought they were...the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha at the beginning of 2001...the benefits that the Taliban had hoped to reap from...
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A "new World" for Myanmar?

Journal article; Southeast Asian Affairs, 2002

Subjects:

International relations, Myanmar, Public policy, Social policy

Collections: Entire Library

...about 4 per cent of the population. This probably also explains its failure to condemn the Taliban regimes destruction of the ancient Buddha statues at Bamiyan in central Afghanistan in March, despite the juntas self-professed role as a patron...
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Anil's Ghost and Terrorism's Time

Journal article by Margaret Scanlan; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 36, 2004

Subjects:

Anil's Ghost (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Ondaatje, Michael--Criticism and interpretation, Terrorism--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to the postcolonial demolition of the Buddha. But in the beginning it explains Palipanas...to paint the eyes in the reconstructed Buddha. But theres no sense of perfect restoration...304). As he climbs the ladder to the Buddhas head, he is wearing an old shirt of...From the height where he will paint the Buddhas eyes, Ananda glimpses birds diving between...

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The Bomber of Bamiyan

Magazine article by Christian Parenti; Mother Jones, Vol. 31, May/Jun 2006

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Governors, Mohammedi, Mawlawi Mohammed Islam, Muslims, Personal profiles, Religious fundamentalism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...he destroyed the last Buddha, in Kakrak Valley...Dozens of thugs and ex-Taliban now sit as deputies...advantages. The story of Bamiyan is emblematic of much...effort to reassemble the Buddhas of Bamiyan is unlikely to succeed...pulverized. Today, the Taliban are resurgent, the...
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Where the Buddhas Once Stood

Magazine article by Alex Masi; Geographical, Vol. 82, August 2010

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Bamiyan, Afghanistan (Province)--Description and travel, Caves--Description and travel

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Where the Buddhas Once Stood. by...in 2001 when the Taliban destroyed its two huge sixth-century Buddha sculptures. Nearly...once home to the Buddhas of Bamyan, two...destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Bamyan...located near the Buddha statues alcoves...where the two giant Buddhas once stood. Despite...2000s, when the Taliban killed and raped...
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Afghanistan's Major Export Prepares for a Comeback: As the Taliban Retreat from Afghanistan, Plans to Revitalise Its Most Successful Export Industry -- Worth $80 Billion in 1999 -- Are in Train

Magazine article by Pat Lancaster; The Middle East, January 2002

Subjects:

Afghanistan--International trade, Agricultural industry--Afghanistan, Heroin--International trade, Opium poppy--Economic aspects, Opium--Economic aspects, Taliban--Social aspects

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...trade, over which the Taliban had managed to exert...From the outset the Taliban drew world press attention...two massive statues of Buddha, which had for the best...out over Afghanistans Bamiyan Valley, which focussed...repressive regime. The Taliban blasted the ancient artefacts...
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An Irreplaceable Loss to the World

Magazine article by Pat Lancaster; The Middle East, April 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Antiquities, Arab countries--Social aspects, Art dealers--Management, Buddhism--History, Buddhist antiquities--Political aspects, Gautama Buddha--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Islam--Doctrines, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York--Management, Middle East--Politics and government, Religious articles--Political aspects, Religious institutions--Political aspects, Statues--Political aspects, Taliban--Social policy

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...massive statues of Buddha that stared out over Afghanistans Bamiyan Valley with serene...Muslim members, the Taliban blasted the ancient...announcement by the ruling Taliban militia that it intended...the largest of the Bamiyan images of Buddha...
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The European Press View the Middle East: Taliban's Destruction of Ancient Buddhas Sparks Indignation in Europe

Magazine article by Lucy Jones; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XX, June 30, 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Government, International relations, Islam, Politics, Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Destruction of Ancient Buddhas Sparks Indignation in...the vow by Afghanistans Taliban regime to destroy all...In the case of the Taliban, the article posited...revenge and reproach. The Taliban leaders are hurt by the...desecration, attacking the Bamiyan Buddhas is on a par with...

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'Brutal and Cruel' Taliban Commander Killed; INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 14, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...makes up the core of the Taliban and is prominent in eastern...Afghanistan, Dadullah led a Taliban massacre of ethnic Hazaras...1999 in the province of Bamiyan, where the Taliban in 2000 destroyed two large, ancient Buddha statues carved into a...
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Terrors of Taliban Not Soon Forgotten

Newspaper article by Julian West; The Washington Times, December 31, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Terrors of Taliban not soon forgotten...Byline: Julian West BAMIYAN, Afghanistan...plateau high above the Bamiyan Valley in the heart...where the destroyed Buddha colossuses stood...executed by the Taliban. Their bodies were...was stopped by the Taliban, hauled into a...
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Tea and Biscuits with the Taliban; A Mountain Pass.A Shot Rings out ... and Then a British Author Has a Most Extraordinary Encounter

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 8, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...night you hear incoming Taliban rockets echoing around...him far more than the Taliban, said one civilian Nato...helicopters) I first flew to Bamiyan, in the north, where...Mullah Omar to blow up the Buddha statues and started the...discipline and tactics. Our Taliban take away their dead...
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Race to Save Buddhas from Bulldozers

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 27, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...three times life-size shows the Buddha in "Pari Nirvana" -- the stage...from the same time as the great Buddha statues of Bamiyan," said Mr Maquis. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were blown up by the Taliban in March 2001. Mes Aynak has not...
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Islam Is Faith with Many Faces

Newspaper article by David R. Sands; The Washington Times, October 21, 2001

Subjects:

Taliban

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...campaign against the Taliban but has stopped far...Esposito, say the Taliban-bin Laden nexus...relations with the Taliban have as much to do...The giant statues of Buddha carved into a mountain near Bamiyan, Afghanistan, were...

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