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Brigid

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37. At one time . . .

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 10:32 PM

Feb 2015

Islamic culture far outstripped Christian culture. Muslims even preserved much of ancient culture, such as Greek philosophy, which had disappeared from its original home in Europe during the Dark Ages. Now they're destroying their own treasures. Allah weeps.

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ISIS burns Mosul library [View all] SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2015 OP

All irreplaceable Muslim texts. I have changed my mind - this IS a religious war, and the religion under attack is Islam. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1

It's also got me rethinking my views. lovemydog Feb 2015 #5

What about the Qurans in that library? DetlefK Feb 2015 #53

Well, since they blew up the library with explosives maybe they did not need to..and they can always come back. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #64

Exactly my point: DetlefK Feb 2015 #65

I am sorry, sir, I truly can not follow your thought train even out of the station. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #66

Hmm. Okay, it was a bit farfetched. DetlefK Feb 2015 #67

Sorry, same train, new engine. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #68

Thousands of years of history lovemydog Feb 2015 #2

If this does not convince folks ISIS is simply Satan in disguise and an enemy of all religions... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4

I'd perhaps say an enemy of human rights. lovemydog Feb 2015 #6

They're nihilists.... Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #54

I don't have any magical powers. AngryAmish Feb 2015 #58

Can you detect allegory? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #62

tragic Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #29

Evil. Universal hate and evil. No religion I know of. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #63

And it is ALWAYS done in the name hifiguy Feb 2015 #3

Almost all the time. I love that Mark Twain quote. lovemydog Feb 2015 #8

Even the Khmer Rouge, whom IS is now starting to rival hifiguy Feb 2015 #12

That's a great point hifiguy. lovemydog Feb 2015 #21

Even the Nazis only stole art; they didn't destroy it. alarimer Feb 2015 #69

When you can truthfully say "Not even the Nazis, Stalin hifiguy Feb 2015 #70

Muslims, Christians, Yezedis, Buddhists if there were any. ISIS is a common enemy of mankind. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #22

That's a damn shame. AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #7

Just like the Taliban did with the sandstone Buddhas KamaAina Feb 2015 #9

I saw a photo of that again yesterday. lovemydog Feb 2015 #10

This breaks my heart. annabanana Feb 2015 #11

I don't know if they were backed up digitally. lovemydog Feb 2015 #14

Well if some of the physical texts themselves were considered sacred (like a Torah) then annabanana Feb 2015 #19

The artistry is astonishing: Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #23

Yes, it is. Brigid Feb 2015 #43

Republicans just defund libraries to destroy them. tridim Feb 2015 #13

Yep. Even Stalin and Hitler left the libraries open. hifiguy Feb 2015 #15

True. However, the slim pickings meant Dewey had no use for decimals. Glassunion Feb 2015 #17

True. lovemydog Feb 2015 #16

They are cowards Marrah_G Feb 2015 #18

And THAT is at the base of it all. . . .n/t annabanana Feb 2015 #20

Here is a more complete report: Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #27

UNESCO statement: Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #24

knowledge is the enemy of all religions. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #25

This is one of the few absolute truths I know. Nt hifiguy Feb 2015 #26

If ISIS were really Muslims, why would they burn their own sacred and priceless books and texts? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #28

makes you wonder. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #31

ISIS = Blackwater/Xe or another type of American mercenary outfit??? blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #41

There's a certain breed of religious fanatic that fears and despises all knowledg but their own... Hekate Feb 2015 #48

Uh melman Feb 2015 #52

Uh... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #59

The Klan burned and bombed hifiguy Feb 2015 #71

I cried when US troops ravished Iraq...this makes me sad. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #30

a**h0le5 They_Live Feb 2015 #32

Do these morons even know what they're destroying? Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #33

How could they not? They have been in control of Mosul for a year. Not much longer I think. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #34

More like something Rumsfeld would do whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #35

"What's the definition of is?" blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #40

Cui Bono? Depaysement Feb 2015 #36

At one time . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #37

a lot of it was right from the Greek horse's mouth, and they vastly built upon it MisterP Feb 2015 #39

It is not Muslims "destroying their own treasures", it is criminals and murderers who would destroy Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #47

ISIS may be GOP operatives. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #38

Or maybe, like the Joker in "The Dark Knight" . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #42

Or maybe they're exactly leftynyc Feb 2015 #50

FUCKERS!! lastlib Feb 2015 #44

K&R. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #45

Afraid of knowledge, afraid of education PumpkinAle Feb 2015 #46

Cheny, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld are ultimately to blame for this DFW Feb 2015 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author DetlefK Feb 2015 #51

And today wrecking the Nineveh museum, Iraq Bosonic Feb 2015 #55

Something needs to be done about these bastards. romanic Feb 2015 #56

There is not "something" being done?.....Google "5000" Airstrikes and"Mosul surrounded"...sigh..... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #60

If the ISIS torture, rape and murder of humans didn't move people to action against them seveneyes Feb 2015 #57

Last line....makes about as much sense as folks demanding "something" be done! What year is it again? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #61