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Angry Lebanese Protest Over Attack on Priest's Library
Yahoo News ^ | 1/4/13 | AFP

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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1 posted on 01/06/2014 7:39:25 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Just muzzies doing what muzzies do.


2 posted on 01/06/2014 7:50:39 PM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: marshmallow

Islam! Bringing you closer to the 9th century, everyday!


3 posted on 01/06/2014 7:55:20 PM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: factoryrat

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.


4 posted on 01/07/2014 2:51:09 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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