When was the last "Christian Book Burning" that you attended or are even aware of Plain Ol?
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:52 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > Christians have burned books for thousands of years. > > On Oct 24, 3:34 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is only one book in Islam: the Korap. It also has only one good > use. > > > > ** ** > > > > [In the name of "Democracy" and "social justice", 90,000 books and 300 > > years of history went up in flames. If Islam isn't stopped, this is what > > will happen everywhere.] > > > > http://drhawass.com/blog/december-17-2011-sad-day-my-life**** > > > > December 17, 2011: A Sad Day in My Life **** > > > > This is a sad day for all of us who love Egypt. No one can believe that > > the Egyptian Scientific Institute has been destroyed. **** > > > > On December 17, 2011, I joined the many people who watched the disaster > on > > television. I was horrified to see the library burning in front of my > eyes. > > This day will never be forgotten by intellectuals, and indeed all who > love > > learning, not only in Egypt, but all over the world.**** > > > > I was terribly upset to see young people in front of the building > rejoicing > > at what they had done. When I looked at their faces, I could see that the > > majority were people who had nothing to do with the Revolution. I saw one > > boy of about 12 who was asked why he was there. He replied that he wanted > > el-Ganzory (the recently-appointed Prime Minister) to leave the > government. > > I am sure that someone told this boy to say these words. Why can we not > > give el-Ganzory a chance to work and to bring safety and security back to > > the country? I saw another person say that we need the military to leave. > > This is not wise. The military council helped ensure the success of the > > revolution. They have promised to complete the elections and the new > > constitution before June 2012, and I think we should give them a chance > to > > do this.**** > > > > The day after the Institute burned down, my dear friend Salah Montaser, a > > famous columnist who has a daily feature in the Al-Ahram newspaper, > called > > me and told me that almost 90,000 books had been lost, containing over > 300 > > years of our shared history. As we spoke, we both had tears in our > eyes.**** > > > > The Egyptian Scientific Institute was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in > > 1798, and holds about 20,000 manuscripts and rare books. It is the oldest > > scientific academy in the Arab world. It is registered as an antiquities > > site and is therefore the responsibility of the Supreme Council of > > Antiquities. I could not believe that the people who burned it down were > > Egyptians. Samir Gharib, one of Egypt’s great writers, told me that he > saw > > one woman whistling with joy; he could not believe it, or understand at > all > > why she was doing this. But I am sure that they are ignorant, and do not > > understand what they have done.**** > > > > Many great books of our history are now ashes. A first edition of the > > Description de l’Egypte, published by Napoleon’s scientific expedition, > was > > burned, but fortunately there are other copies in Egypt, one at the > > Geographic Society, another in the house of Documents and Books, and an > > incomplete on at Assiut University.**** > > > > I think the looters and other ignorant people who did this should listen > to > > what the late Shiekh el-Shaarawy (a great Muslim thinker who would offer > > advice to the people every Friday) used to say. According to our famous > > cartoonist, Moustafa Anssien, he said that the true revolutionary who > turns > > in fury to destroy capitalism should first calm down and work instead to > > build the glory of his country.**** > > > > I hope that UNESCO and scientific institutions all over the world can > > cooperate to bring back the glory of this Institute. This is not only our > > history; it is the history of the world.**** > > > > I find it very distressing that so many crooks, looters, and thieves have > > taken advantage of the Revolution to come out of their holes not only to > > rob and steal, but also to hurt all of us. I can see that many good > people > > are silent, and many crooks have loud voices. We need our young people to > > protect the Revolution, to stop demonstrating in Tahrir Square and give > all > > of us a chance to make this work. Egypt needs to become stable again so > the > > economy can grow. We need to move forward, to build our country by > > finishing the elections peacefully and choosing a new president. We > should > > all stand firm in front of the crooks who have come out of their holes > not > > only to destroy the revolution, but also to destroy Egypt. > > > > 2PlyKoran.gif > > 30KViewDownload > > > > koran_toilet_paper.jpg > > 30KViewDownload > > > > koran_tp.jpg > > 8KViewDownload > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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