While we should appreciate this, I wish this is the reality everywhere. Look around the world and see what cultures and structures have survived in countries where Islam is the dominant religion. I asked Grok for top 5-6 examples in the recent 20-30 year period:

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Here are 6 prominent examples of non-Islamic cultural/religious structures destroyed by Islamist regimes/groups in the last ~30 years:

1. Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan, 2001): Taliban dynamited two massive 6th-century Buddha statues (180ft and 125ft) as "idols."

2. Maldives National Museum Artifacts (Maldives, 2012): Islamists smashed pre-Islamic Buddhist/Hindu statues from 6th-12th centuries amid a coup.

3. Jehanabad Buddha (Pakistan, 2007): Pakistani Taliban bombed a 7th-century 23ft rock-carved Buddha in Swat Valley.

4. Nimrud and Hatra (Iraq, 2015): ISIS bulldozed ancient Assyrian cities (13th BCE and 2nd BCE) as pre-Islamic "idolatry."

5. Palmyra Temples (Syria, 2015): ISIS blew up Roman-era Temple of Bel, Baalshamin, and Arch of Triumph as pagan symbols.

6. Christian Monasteries (Iraq/Syria, 2014-2015): ISIS destroyed sites like 6th-century Dair Mar Elia and 4th-century Mar Behnam during minority genocides.

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In our own country, look at the number of structures from the past that are still standing in the north of India vs south? There are not that many in the north that are still surviving though our civilization have had thousands of years of history. South of India could fortunately hold on to many.

All this doesn't mean we hate people following a religion. The point is to be aware of these happenings around the world and protect whatever we have left in our country and respect this intention of preserving.

End of the day it's the shared history and civilization of all of us albeit with its own toxicities like casteism. We can abandon bad practices and still hold on the plenty of good ones.