iconoclasm

Also known as iconoclast

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Iconoclasm was a movement in Byzantine history in which religious images and icons were destroyed, which was eventually opposed and overturned by the Orthodox Church under the Byzantine empress Theodora and her son Michael III. The conflict between iconoclasm and the defense of religious images was significant enough in Byzantine religious and political life that its resolution came to be commemorated as the "Triumph of Orthodoxy."

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Early religious iconoclasm
Ancient era
Judaism
Iconoclasm in Christian history
Byzantine era
The first iconoclastic period: 730–787
Second Council of Nicaea 787
Views in Byzantine iconoclasm
Pre-Reformation
Reformation era
Other instances
Early Islam in Arabia
Egypt
Ottoman conquests
Contemporary events
Iconoclasm in India<span class="anchor" id="Destruction_of_Hindu_temples"></span>
During Hindu-Buddhist era
During the Muslim era
The Somnath temple and Mahmud of Ghazni
During Goa inquisitions
Contemporary iconoclasm against Hindu temples and monuments
In India
In Bangladesh
In Pakistan
In Malaysia
In Saudi Arabia
In Fiji
From the Mamluk dynasty onward
During the Goa Inquisition
In modern India
Iconoclasm in East Asia
China
South Korea
Angkor
Political iconoclasm
''Damnatio memoriae''
During the French Revolution
Other examples
In the Soviet Union
In the United States
2020 demonstrations
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Iconoclasm () is the belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, often for religious or political reasons. Those who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be applied figuratively and more broadly to anyone who challenges "cherished beliefs or venerated institutions on the grounds that they are erroneous or pernicious".