Iconophobia in Egypt: A Taliban Future for Egypt? : vimarsan

How likely is it that Egypt will opt for a Taliban future? Will Egyptians awake one morning to discover that the statues in the temples of Karnak, Luxor and Abu Simbel are no more? This may seem rather exaggerated, but recent years have seen the country's religious fundamentalists turning more and more to fanatical iconoclasm, says journalist Samir Grees

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