[george76]

Scholars have differed in views on how the ancient library of Alexandria was destroyed. However, recent research by Luciano Canfora concluded that the Arab general Amr at the orders of the Arab Caliph Umar did the heinous deed of destruction of the library.

The story of the Arabs destruction of the library indicates that it took them six months to burn the books in about one thousand public baths in Alexandria.

This was a shameful act on part of the unlettered Arabs, whose Islamic mentality told them that no other book need now exist, as the Quran contained all that they needed! This was the justification of the barefooted and lizard-eating Arab Muslims for burning down all libraries, not just in Egypt but also in Syria (Damascus), Persia (where they burned the royal Zoroastrian library at Ctesiphon), Spain, India (where they burned the Buddhist university of Nalanda). The burning of libraries was one of the most heinous of the many Muslim crimes against humanity.

[sageb1]

“The story of the Arabs destruction of the library indicates that it took them six months to burn the books in about one thousand public baths in Alexandria.”

Sounds like we owe ‘em a book burning.

[SunkenCiv]

well put.

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The Vanished Library by Luciano Canfora tr by Martin Ryle

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[ZULU]

“whose Islamic mentality told them that no other book need now exist, as the Quran contained all that they needed! “

They still believe this. Try to find a history book on pre-Islamic Arabia. They are few and far between. Before Islam, Arabia had civilizations and cultures and even several different scripts - all now extinct.

Islam is a disease of the mind and soul not a religion.