[dangus]

>> The library was later destroyed, possibly by Julius Caesar who had it burned as part of his campaign to conquer the city. <<

WTF? The news report has to cower to their Muslim masters? Caesar accidentally burned many books while he conquered Alexandria, but the library probably wasn’t even at its peak influence yet. Christian Emperor Theodosius ordered the destruction of pagan temples, some of which constitutes part of the library. But it was the Muslims who destroyed the library.

“Several historians told varying accounts of an Arab army led by Amr ibn al ‘Aas sacking the city in 642 after the Byzantine army was defeated at the Battle of Heliopolis. Some historians, including Alfred J. Butler, argue that, when the commander Amr ibn al-Aas asked the Caliph Umar on what to do with the library he gave the famous answer: “They will either contradict the Koran, in which case they are heresy, or they will agree with it, in which case they are superfluous.” It is said that the Arabs subsequently burned the books to heat bathwater for the soldiers.[21][22] Burning and destruction of the Library of Alexandria was reported to be the first act of sacking after Amr ibn al ‘Aas forces entered the city.[1] It was also said that the Library’s collection was still substantial enough at this late date to provide six months’ worth of fuel for the baths.”

[aruanan]

“Several historians told varying accounts of an Arab army led by Amr ibn al ‘Aas sacking the city in 642 after the Byzantine army was defeated at the Battle of Heliopolis. Some historians, including Alfred J. Butler, argue that, when the commander Amr ibn al-Aas asked the Caliph Umar on what to do with the library he gave the famous answer: “They will either contradict the Koran, in which case they are heresy, or they will agree with it, in which case they are superfluous.” It is said that the Arabs subsequently burned the books to heat bathwater for the soldiers.[21][22] Burning and destruction of the Library of Alexandria was reported to be the first act of sacking after Amr ibn al ‘Aas forces entered the city.[1] It was also said that the Library’s collection was still substantial enough at this late date to provide six months’ worth of fuel for the baths.”

Any thoughtful person who knows history and religion would be anti-Islam. Along with Communism, Naziism, and the Black Death, Islam has been responsible for more death and destruction on the face of the planet than just about anything else since the last asteroid impact. Islam was started by predators. It has spread by predation. It has lived off the decaying corpses of the civilizations it has destroyed. It is a vast, ancient sea of corruption, oppression, fanaticism, and ignorance lapping up against the shores of the present, kept alive by the fortuitous accident of living above huge reserves of petroleum.