Islamic Art
Iconoclasm and the Bamiyan Buddhas
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas was a political, not religious act
4 min readDec 29, 2022
Khadim Ali’s work often references the sixth-century Bamiyan Buddhas (examples here and here), whose destruction at the hands of the Taliban in 2001 received worldwide condemnation. Whilst there is often the perception of Islamic Art as…
