article_snippet.sent: The banning of archaeology is not a surprise," says Al-Tamimi, who is a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, in Israel.
article_snippet.sent: We see that reflected in ISIS destruction of ancient artifacts.
article_snippet.sent: ISIS regards pre-Islamic artifacts as relics from the 'period of ignorance', jahiliyah.
article_snippet.sent: Their main concern with archaeology is that Their main concern with archaeology would become a subject turning to idol worship, which is strictly forbidden in Islam.