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Burn the library!
Reader comment on item: L'Institut d'Égypte – In Memoriam
Submitted by Martin H. Katchen (United States), Dec 27, 2011 at 12:10
An even greater parallel is the burning of the Library of Alexandria--twice. Once during the time of the Byzantines and once again about a hundred years later by the Muslims. Egyptians seem to have a penchant for burning historical knowlege when they can.
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| 1 | Destruction of historical artifacts [77 words] | jean | Feb 19, 2012 02:19 | 193485 | |
| Muslims not capable of "hate" [412 words] | Dan B. | Feb 8, 2012 16:30 | 193217 | ||
| Are today's egyptians a civilization? [142 words] | Walber | Jan 23, 2012 05:21 | 192743 | ||
| 3 | Upsetting but not surprising [68 words] | sara | Jan 13, 2012 18:05 | 192569 | |
| 1 | Just to clarify [25 words] | Bernard Zimmerman | Jan 6, 2012 20:10 | 192350 | |
| 6 | Why would a mob destroy a thing of beauty? [283 words] | Prashant | Dec 29, 2011 05:06 | 192124 | |
| 2 |  Deliberate Defilement [80 words] | Garry Lockwood | Jan 3, 2012 01:27 | 192124 | |
| D. B. [75 words] | The West becoming Islam's fire hydrant | Feb 8, 2012 16:59 | 192124 | ||
| 4 | Does this signal a shift in self perception of Egyptian identity? [566 words] | Shishir | Dec 28, 2011 04:41 | 192089 | |
| 1 | My response to Shishir [344 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 7, 2012 22:11 | 192089 | |
| 3 | Response to dhimmi/Islamist apologist Debanjan [738 words] | Shishir | Jan 9, 2012 05:57 | 192089 | |
| 1 | Dear Shishir [695 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 11, 2012 02:26 | 192089 | |
| 3 | Nile to Euphrates Israel,Mossadegh is an Arab,Islam unites Arabs and other nuggets of wisdom from Debanjan [574 words] | Shishir | Jan 12, 2012 09:39 | 192089 | |
| Dear Mr. Shishir [1172 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 16, 2012 00:12 | 192089 | ||
| More drivel from Debanjan [1357 words] | Shishir | Jan 19, 2012 12:54 | 192089 | ||
| 1 | Dear Mr. Shishir [1227 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 21, 2012 22:30 | 192089 | |
| Debanjan claims he is the next Theodor Herzl [1847 words] | Shishir | Jan 29, 2012 13:19 | 192089 | ||
| 1 | My dear Shishir [849 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Feb 2, 2012 02:48 | 192089 | |
| 3 | At it again Debanjee? [839 words] | Peter Hall | Feb 3, 2012 09:38 | 192089 | |
| 1 | My Answers to you. Mr. Hall [1205 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Feb 21, 2012 23:03 | 192089 | |
| 3 | Debanjee, you are hilarious [925 words] | Peter Hall | Feb 22, 2012 19:25 | 192089 | |
| Banning burkhas in publicc is justified [47 words] | Prashant | Feb 24, 2012 09:09 | 192089 | ||
| Dear MR. Prashant [106 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Feb 24, 2012 22:19 | 192089 | ||
| 1 | Another square peg in a round hole Debanjee? [341 words] | Peter Hall | Feb 26, 2012 08:25 | 192089 | |
| Banerjee won't understand and switch the topic [135 words] | Prashant | Feb 26, 2012 10:16 | 192089 | ||
| 1 | Dear Mr. Hall [824 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Feb 27, 2012 23:22 | 192089 | |
| 5 | The Core for Burning is in First pillar of Islam [75 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 27, 2011 21:39 | 192081 | |
| Erase and Control [113 words] | Jay1 | Dec 27, 2011 19:59 | 192078 | ||
| 2 | Very very Proud [108 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 27, 2011 17:18 | 192075 | |
| Where can the interview be viewed? [53 words] | Shishir | Dec 28, 2011 07:14 | 192075 | ||
| 2 | Very very Rusty [94 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 29, 2011 00:03 | 192075 | |
| 1 |  Burn the library! [43 words] | Martin H. Katchen | Dec 27, 2011 12:10 | 192073 | |
| 1 | Assaulting History [43 words] | Georga Collins | Dec 27, 2011 11:13 | 192071 | |
| 4 | Who controls the past controls the future. [99 words] | Ianus | Dec 28, 2011 14:53 | 192071 | |
| But it did pose a threat. [67 words] | Jeff | Dec 31, 2011 14:50 | 192071 | ||
| 2 | French government does not learn! [62 words] | Gudrun Eussner | Dec 27, 2011 10:34 | 192068 | |
| 5 | The destruction of the Egyptian historical record [135 words] | Saul Kelly | Dec 27, 2011 09:51 | 192067 |
| 1 | islamic stagnation [56 words] | steve omara | Feb 2, 2012 23:09 | 192067 | |
| 2 | Return of "looted arts" to their countries of origin [208 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ronald ng | Dec 27, 2011 02:32 | 192061 | |
| 3 | What to loan Egypt. [17 words] | Jon, a Brit in Euroland | Dec 28, 2011 10:15 | 192061 | |
| 2 | Mo vs. Mao [184 words] | Ianus | Dec 28, 2011 15:18 | 192061 | |
| 1 | Interesting perspective [151 words] | Kepha Hor | Dec 28, 2011 20:48 | 192061 | |
| Destructions of Works of Art [157 words] | Ronald Ng | Dec 28, 2011 22:36 | 192061 | ||
| 1 | You are right [139 words] | Ronald Ng | Dec 29, 2011 20:30 | 192061 | |
| 3 | You're too dogmatic about dogmas , I am afraid. [855 words] | Ianus | Dec 30, 2011 15:37 | 192061 | |
| 13 | The Parthenon Mosque [533 words] | Ianus | Dec 30, 2011 18:03 | 192061 | |
| 2 | Not Always The Case [145 words] | BB King | Dec 30, 2011 21:13 | 192061 | |
| Intolerance [303 words] | Ronald Ng | Dec 30, 2011 21:24 | 192061 | ||
| Fighting Turkish Barbarity [138 words] | 7A3 | Jan 1, 2012 08:55 | 192061 | ||
| 6 | When burning a book fails, then maybe converting it to Islam will be worth trying ? [785 words] | Ianus | Jan 1, 2012 16:48 | 192061 | |
| 7 | Missing sense of proportions and time [1047 words] | Ianus | Jan 1, 2012 19:33 | 192061 | |
| Putting things into perspective [283 words] | Ronald Paul Ng | Jan 1, 2012 21:28 | 192061 | ||
| Still Not Always the Case [152 words] | BB King | Jan 1, 2012 22:59 | 192061 | ||
| 3 | Fighting Turkish barbarity [94 words] | Ianus | Jan 2, 2012 17:04 | 192061 | |
| 1 | The choices... [49 words] | Amin Riaz | Jan 3, 2012 21:22 | 192061 | |
| 5 | Good news from Saudi Arabia : In 500 years witches will no longer be hunted and executed there ! [1159 words] | Ianus | Jan 5, 2012 10:42 | 192061 | |
| Dogma [216 words] | Ronald Ng | Jan 5, 2012 21:46 | 192061 | ||
| 8 | Aristotle vs. Allah [1502 words] | Ianus | Jan 6, 2012 10:16 | 192061 | |
| 3 | Not the Case Again [560 words] | BB King | Jan 7, 2012 00:39 | 192061 | |
| 8 | How many people did Mahommet kill? [873 words] | Ianus | Jan 7, 2012 14:27 | 192061 | |
| 3 | "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." [1714 words] | Ianus | Jan 8, 2012 10:10 | 192061 | |
| 1 | So there is just one muslim voice... [53 words] | car313 | Jan 9, 2012 11:35 | 192061 | |
| To Assume [5 words] | Amin Riaz | Jan 9, 2012 22:45 | 192061 | ||
| Oh the Irony and Other Observations [444 words] | BB King | Jan 10, 2012 01:18 | 192061 | ||
| Answering Your Question [255 words] | BB King | Jan 10, 2012 01:49 | 192061 | ||
| 5 | There is nothing hilarious or ironic in cultural nihilism which you represent . [1703 words] | Ianus | Jan 11, 2012 15:47 | 192061 | |
| Changing the Goal Post [617 words] | BB King | Jan 11, 2012 19:10 | 192061 | ||
| 3 | Feel free to circumvent also these questions ! [2237 words] | Ianus | Jan 13, 2012 11:18 | 192061 | |
| 3 | Do not trust anybody ! Rely on your ignorance ! [1443 words] | Ianus | Jan 13, 2012 13:26 | 192061 | |
| Historical Revisionism Part 1 [312 words] | BB King | Jan 13, 2012 19:26 | 192061 | ||
| Cognitive Dissonance [168 words] | BB King | Jan 13, 2012 20:12 | 192061 | ||
| 4 | "Don't trust your eyes!Trust mine!" [614 words] | Ianus | Jan 15, 2012 15:34 | 192061 | |
| 1 | Cognitive harmony between not knowing and not realizing one's not knowing [642 words] | Ianus | Jan 15, 2012 17:19 | 192061 | |
| 2 | Historical Revisionism Part 2 [421 words] | BB King | Jan 15, 2012 17:33 | 192061 | |
| 3 | The mystery of "the unusual depth ... of Lincoln's Christian perception" [772 words] | Ianus | Jan 16, 2012 07:40 | 192061 | |
| Historical Revisionism Part 3 [443 words] | BB King | Jan 16, 2012 21:10 | 192061 | ||
| 3 | The wasteland of whose imagination ? [1070 words] | Ianus | Jan 18, 2012 14:31 | 192061 | |
| 1 | I think you are onto something [168 words] | Peter Hall | Feb 3, 2012 09:50 | 192061 | |
| 1 | Did you hear about ... [181 words] | Amin Riaz | Feb 3, 2012 17:52 | 192061 | |
| 1 | Amin, you make a great victim [470 words] | Peter Hall | Feb 4, 2012 20:25 | 192061 | |
| Just to add [237 words] | Peter Hall | Feb 4, 2012 20:53 | 192061 | ||
| 8 | Islam's Destruction of Everything Beautiful [134 words] | Robin | Dec 27, 2011 00:38 | 192059 | |
| 4 | You beat me to it, Robin [119 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Dec 27, 2011 23:30 | 192059 | |
| Robin from Australia is right [83 words] | Ted | Dec 28, 2011 09:45 | 192059 | ||
| 6 | Copts are the true Egyptians [106 words] | Ianus | Dec 28, 2011 18:52 | 192059 | |
| 3 | Only the Koran worth knowing ... [116 words] | Robin | Dec 29, 2011 01:30 | 192059 | |
| Copts [142 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Dec 29, 2011 20:15 | 192059 | ||
| 2 | It is always Relative to the Time [121 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 31, 2011 12:59 | 192059 | |
| You are right Deborah [125 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 7, 2012 22:01 | 192059 | ||
| L'Institut d' Égypte [41 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | hans Guggenheim | Dec 27, 2011 00:34 | 192058 | ||
| 7 | "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!" [517 words] | Ianus | Dec 28, 2011 13:35 | 192058 | |
| Library of Alexandria [5343 words] | Mark Borowsky | Jan 25, 2020 13:31 | 192058 | ||
| 1 | Peace Treaty is ultimate target [18 words] | P Rose | Dec 26, 2011 23:41 | 192057 | |
| What "peace" treaty [96 words] | Shishir | Dec 28, 2011 04:48 | 192057 | ||
| 4 | Cyprus [55 words] | Nikki | Dec 26, 2011 23:12 | 192056 | |
| 8 | Sibel Edmonds will best explain to you why Turkish barbarity has never been punished. [445 words] | Ianus | Dec 28, 2011 14:37 | 192056 | |
| 1 | Happy 2012 , Ianus [213 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 7, 2012 21:52 | 192056 | |
| 4 | No reason for a Moslem to complain [415 words] | Ianus | Jan 11, 2012 17:21 | 192056 | |
| 1 | Dear Mr. Ianus [420 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 15, 2012 23:16 | 192056 | |
| 9 | An easy way to Islamize Eastern Europe = Saudi bribes +US pressure+Turkish jihad [745 words] | Ianus | Jan 22, 2012 09:08 | 192056 | |
| Dear Mr. Ianus [138 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 24, 2012 22:26 | 192056 | ||
| 3 | Cleptocracy [972 words] | Ianus | Jan 26, 2012 13:08 | 192056 | |
| Dear Mr. Ianus I support you on this [371 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 31, 2012 12:03 | 192056 | ||
| 1 | Re: An easy way to Islamize Eastern Europe = Saudi bribes +US pressure+Turkish jihad [40 words] | Nik | Jul 29, 2012 20:14 | 192056 |
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