The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Gimme that Old Time Religion

7th Century, or so.

ISIS destroys thousands of books and manuscripts in Mosul libraries

Reports this week that Mosul’s central library has been ransacked by Isis and 100,000 books and manuscripts burned has cast an international spotlight on a new wave of destruction that has been raging through the northern Iraqi city since last summer.

Earlier this month the head of the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) voiced alarm over “one of the most devastating acts of destruction of library collections in human history.” 

Director general Irina Bokova said the destruction involved museums, libraries and universities across Mosul.

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