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The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas
A wave of outrage follows the Taliban's destruction of Buddha statues in Afghanistan
A wave of outrage follows the Taliban's destruction of Buddha statues in Bamiyan Afghanistan. Also, Egypt's Coptic Christian church looks back on a decade of persecution, but can it now feel safe and self-confident. Plus, space, time and mystery- an ordinary church gives up its extraordinary meanings; and Muslim women look to a religious law for re-marriage.