Posted on 01/06/2014 7:39:25 PM PST by marshmallow
Tripoli (Lebanon) (AFP) - Hundreds of Lebanese took to the streets of the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday to protest the torching of a decades-old library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest.
The demonstrators held up banners that read "Tripoli, peaceful town" and "This is contrary to the values of the Prophet," in reference to the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.
Assailants set alight the Saeh library belonging to Father Ibrahim Surouj on Friday night, destroying two-thirds of the 80,000 books and manuscripts it stored, a security official told AFP.
The attack came a day after "a pamphlet was discovered inside one of the books at the library that was insulting to Islam and the prophet Mohammad," the official said at the time.
Later, however, "it became clear the priest had nothing to do with the pamphlet," said the same source.
"Then on Friday night, the library was torched," he added.
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Just muzzies doing what muzzies do.
Islam! Bringing you closer to the 9th century, everyday!
Ever ask who is behind all this insane Islamic actions? Its saudi Arabia and theyr cult of Wahabbism—a radical brach of Islam. Saudi black gold funds the madressas and Mosques of this cult. Time to pull the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia from their golden palaces and let the people rule. We should not be bowing to these nut jobs.
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