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Saving the treasures of Timbuktu from invaders: [wsj.com]

Allamanda 8 Aug 7
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I can't read the full story; I'm not a paid subscriber to the WSJ. If you can, find and copy/paste it? Thanks.

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It seems the further you got from Islam's political centre, the more moderate the religion would be. I got this from the book I'm reading now, Saharasia. I also read in it that the library of Alexandria was destroyed not one but twice - the second time by the Muslims. It's good to hear of book lovers everywhere. He was a great guy to organise such a huge and noble task.

brentan Level 8 Aug 7, 2019
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Couldn't read whole article but it seems they are saving precious history great

bobwjr Level 10 Aug 7, 2019

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