<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Jan 21 2009, 05:00 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Jan 21 2009, 05:00 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->So there was reason the Muslims burned down the library in Alexandria to wipe out future researches into the origins of these politico-religious movements.[right][snapback]93539[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->You are overestimating them. History records otherwise. The faithful's reasoning for library burnings have been documented many times. It's pure islamic hatred of anything non-islamic.
In the case of the last ancient library of Alexandria, the caliph or whoever decided the fate of the library with the words:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"If these writings of the Greeks agree with the koran (alternate versions: book of God) they are useless and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->For instance, see Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, p.912 (where Gibbon has "book of God" instead of koran. But we know that since it is the faithful islamis who are speaking, it's not the christian bible being referred to this time, but the koran.
Gibbon repeats the declaration - the christian side of the story - but does not seem to believe it.)
Gibbon, noticing a silver lining to the islamic bonfire, remarked on the islamic burning of the last Alexandrian library that,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->if the ponderous mass of Arian and Monophysite controversy (one of the early deadly disputes that keeps occurring between all the nonsense christian streams/subcults) were indeed consumed in the public baths, a philosopher may allow, with a smile, that it was ultimately devoted to the benefit of mankind.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->In other words, Gibbon is saying Good Riddance since the muslims destroyed by and large mostly christian rubbish at that point, because the *christos* had already destroyed the ancient pagan literature at Alexandria earlier on.
While historic revisionists want to consider the islamic reasoning for the burning of the Alexandrian library to be otherwise than what christians have handed down (yes, it is hard to believe christianism, though it is fingerpointing at islam's intolerance in this case), the matter seems to rather be confirmed by an identical islamic 'logic' that islamaniacs followed when behaving the same way toward Persian libraries, like the one the Persians had at Ctesiphon. Such matters were discussed in several Iranian sites.
Thought I'd also posted a link related to this earlier. Yes:
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Mar 30 2007, 07:40 AM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Mar 30 2007, 07:40 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamic destruction of Persian libraries are mentioned in this Iranian site (though it is confusing the Faithful Arabians with general Arabians):
http://www.iranpoliticsclub.net/library/en...ears1/index.htm
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The Book Burnings</b>
The book burnings started, they practically burned all our books in the glorious world famous Persian Library of Ctesiphone. The Persian documented history, science, literature, poetry, music and scripture of centuries and millenniums were burned to ashes by Arabo-Muslim. The only book needed in Islam is Quran, so they burned everything else! The book burnings continued for days and weeks!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Like I said, christoislamism is the same religion: christians hated books because they were pagan/anti-christian - except for the babble. Islamics hated any book that wasn't the koran.[right][snapback]66326[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Then they repeated the pattern of burning libraries in India as well.
It's what christoislamism is good at: christos burnt the earlier libraries at Alexandria, as well as the Julian and other Roman libraries, while the islamaniacs got the last one at Alexandria and the ones of the Persians and several of the Dharmics of India. Christoislamism is the same religion after all.
<!--QuoteBegin-Hauma Hamiddha+Jan 21 2009, 05:29 AM-->QUOTE(Hauma Hamiddha @ Jan 21 2009, 05:29 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Celsus etc on the Isaistic madmen
[right][snapback]93542[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Great. Thanks.
In the case of the last ancient library of Alexandria, the caliph or whoever decided the fate of the library with the words:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"If these writings of the Greeks agree with the koran (alternate versions: book of God) they are useless and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->For instance, see Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, p.912 (where Gibbon has "book of God" instead of koran. But we know that since it is the faithful islamis who are speaking, it's not the christian bible being referred to this time, but the koran.
Gibbon repeats the declaration - the christian side of the story - but does not seem to believe it.)
Gibbon, noticing a silver lining to the islamic bonfire, remarked on the islamic burning of the last Alexandrian library that,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->if the ponderous mass of Arian and Monophysite controversy (one of the early deadly disputes that keeps occurring between all the nonsense christian streams/subcults) were indeed consumed in the public baths, a philosopher may allow, with a smile, that it was ultimately devoted to the benefit of mankind.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->In other words, Gibbon is saying Good Riddance since the muslims destroyed by and large mostly christian rubbish at that point, because the *christos* had already destroyed the ancient pagan literature at Alexandria earlier on.
While historic revisionists want to consider the islamic reasoning for the burning of the Alexandrian library to be otherwise than what christians have handed down (yes, it is hard to believe christianism, though it is fingerpointing at islam's intolerance in this case), the matter seems to rather be confirmed by an identical islamic 'logic' that islamaniacs followed when behaving the same way toward Persian libraries, like the one the Persians had at Ctesiphon. Such matters were discussed in several Iranian sites.
Thought I'd also posted a link related to this earlier. Yes:
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Mar 30 2007, 07:40 AM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Mar 30 2007, 07:40 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamic destruction of Persian libraries are mentioned in this Iranian site (though it is confusing the Faithful Arabians with general Arabians):
http://www.iranpoliticsclub.net/library/en...ears1/index.htm
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The Book Burnings</b>
The book burnings started, they practically burned all our books in the glorious world famous Persian Library of Ctesiphone. The Persian documented history, science, literature, poetry, music and scripture of centuries and millenniums were burned to ashes by Arabo-Muslim. The only book needed in Islam is Quran, so they burned everything else! The book burnings continued for days and weeks!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Like I said, christoislamism is the same religion: christians hated books because they were pagan/anti-christian - except for the babble. Islamics hated any book that wasn't the koran.[right][snapback]66326[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Then they repeated the pattern of burning libraries in India as well.
It's what christoislamism is good at: christos burnt the earlier libraries at Alexandria, as well as the Julian and other Roman libraries, while the islamaniacs got the last one at Alexandria and the ones of the Persians and several of the Dharmics of India. Christoislamism is the same religion after all.
<!--QuoteBegin-Hauma Hamiddha+Jan 21 2009, 05:29 AM-->QUOTE(Hauma Hamiddha @ Jan 21 2009, 05:29 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Celsus etc on the Isaistic madmen
[right][snapback]93542[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Great. Thanks.