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RE: ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul
February 26, 2015 at 1:58 am
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2015 at 2:00 am by Mudhammam.)
I totally get where 404 is coming from but I have to agree with Faith No More. I think the one difference is that we know war is horrific and that all sides are generally responsible for barbaric acts against innocent sentient beings, which is always more evil than destroying inanimate objects. Yet the concerted effort to destroy history that is about as close to sacred as I can imagine, and culture, and knowledge, is so contrary to what we truly know to be right, that it strikes a huge nerve quite separate from the anger I feel at the tragic murders. It's like a different level altogether, not to put a greater value on ancient books over human lives though.
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RE: ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul
February 26, 2015 at 4:44 am
'If those books are in agreement with the Quran, we have no need of them; and if they are opposed to the Quran, destroy them!' - Caliph Omar, regarding the library at Alexandria, c642 CE.
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RE: ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul
February 27, 2015 at 12:01 am
ISIS is being useless to the world. They are not doing anyone or anything favors by destroying history and works of art including literature i am very displeased by what they did.
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