one thing to note: there are no statues of any Pakistanis anywhere in the world so . . . what does that tell you.
no one ever wants to honor any of them for anything?
that is what I would think and that might be true, but they will tell you it's because they so advanced that they don't believe in statues.
so his boarding it up is him imposing his RELIGIOUS views. Tell him that to his pigface.
but ask him first if the reason that there are none of his 'type' is because if there were, in the past, they would have long ago been sledge hammered into dust because the people dipicted are . . . not so nice. His ancestors?
it would be a very mean encounter and not even a little bit PC.
his board up a statue is him imposing his religious views on others.