Scholars have joined the international protests against an announcement by the Taliban authorities of Afghanistan that they have begun destroying the country’s pre-Islamic statues. Last week the ...

The Taliban's destruction of Buddhist statues in Afghanistan is a despicable act of vandalism [news story, March 4]. But the commentators who say they can't find any support in Islam for anti-statue ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion. Now ...

After local authorities approved Mazu statue two years ago, state government halts construction of the goddess of the sea. In July state mufti declared the statue was “offensive” because too close to ...