Destruction of Buddhas in the Maldives

Submitted by Anonymous (Canada), Jul 24, 2012 at 19:13

Not mentioned in the list but significant I think, happened this year as well: Near-ancient statues of Buddhist statues and other relics from its Buddhist and Hindu past.

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