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2003-12-07 Africa: North

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-07 13:41|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I doubt there were that many books to burn by 640 AD, Alexandria's hardline Patriarchs had incited their more excitable followers to trash anything remotely pagan throughout the 5th century & AFAIK Alexandria was also looted by Shahr Baraz's troops early in the 7th cent during the final showdown between the Eastern Empire & Sassanid Iran. However Umar ibn Khattab was certainly fanatical enough to burn anything that had survived.

Posted by Dave 2003-12-7 2:59:28 PM|| 2003-12-7 2:59:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Protocols are "a book perceived as anti-Jewish"??? Oh... the article is from Al Jazeera, a network which is also "perceived as being anti-Jewish".

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-7 4:27:46 PM|| 2003-12-7 4:27:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "The Protocols" has been rejected as an anti-Jewish screed by all learned societies--I think it's a good thing Alexandria recognized this--too bad lotsa Germans didn't in a more advanced culture 69 years ago

Posted by NotMikeMoore 2003-12-7 10:42:12 PM|| 2003-12-7 10:42:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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