This and the ancient Buddhist statues make me sick.
While
the world was watching the Academy Awards ceremony, the people of Mosul
were watching a different show. They were horrified to see ISIS members
burn the Mosul public library. Among the many thousands of books it
housed, more than 8,000 rare old books and manuscripts were burned.
“ISIS militants bombed the Mosul Public Library.
They used improvised explosive devices,” said Ghanim al-Ta'an, the
director of the library. Notables in Mosul tried to persuade ISIS
members to spare the library, but they failed.
The
former assistant director of the library Qusai All Faraj said that the
Mosul Public Library was established in 1921, the same year that saw the
birth of the modern Iraq. Among its lost collections
were manuscripts from the eighteenth century, Syriac books printed in
Iraq's first printing house in the nineteenth century, books from the
Ottoman era, Iraqi newspapers from the early twentieth century and some
old antiques like an astrolabe and sand glass used by ancient Arabs. The
library had hosted the personal libraries of more than 100 notable
families from Mosul over the last century.
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But "Dreams from my Father" was left untouched...
ReplyDeleteSunni means to "follow the example of the prophet". Islam's conquering armies burned libraries the pillars of Hercules to the Hindu Kush. ISIS are nothing more than 21st century 7th century barbarians with AK47s and RPGs.
ReplyDeleteShould have killed them all in the Crusades.
DeleteThey have been rewriting the discovery of America so I suppose they had to get rid of the "old" history.
ReplyDeleteMuch in common with our commies.
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