ISIS Burns Mosul Libraries


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"News of the systematic ransacking of Iraqi libraries first emerged in January when the Associated Press reported that Islamic State fighters broke into and plundered Mosul's Central Library. The militants loaded approximately 2,000 books into six waiting pick-up trucks, leaving behind only Islamic books.

"Days later the jihadists broke into the University of Mosul's library, burning hundreds of texts in front of students."

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http://news.artnet.com/art-world/8000-books-burned-by-isis-in-massive-iraqi-libricide-267932

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People who believe in god, or who pretend to, have done terribly evil things since Day One. Same thing if you openly or secretly think Ayn Rand is a type of god.

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People who believe in god, or who pretend to, have done terribly evil things since Day One. Same thing if you openly or secretly think Ayn Rand is a type of god.

What terrible things has Isaac Newton done from Day One?

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People who believe in god, or who pretend to, have done terribly evil things since Day One. Same thing if you openly or secretly think Ayn Rand is a type of god.

What terrible things has Isaac Newton done from Day One?

People who believe in "god" inevitably seek to dement the minds and blacken the souls of innocent, defenseless children, as well as to slaughter the non-believers. Thru verbal support and passivity in action, I imagine he had a lifetime role in those.

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People who believe in god, or who pretend to, have done terribly evil things since Day One. Same thing if you openly or secretly think Ayn Rand is a type of god.

What terrible things has Isaac Newton done from Day One?

People who believe in "god" inevitably seek to dement the minds and blacken the souls of innocent, defenseless children, as well as to slaughter the non-believers. Thru verbal support and passivity in action, I imagine he had a lifetime role in those.

Newton did his terrible thing by inventing mathematically based physics, the kind we still do today. Oh the Horror! the Horror!

Ba'al Chatzaf

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