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“They imprisoned people for this and amputated limbs. This was their punishment.”
Noam Sissi was twice subjected to a public lashing for stealing and warned that his right hand would be cut off if he was caught again…
Abdullah Sissi smuggled books out of a library, saving them from the same fate as manuscripts housed at the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research, which was burned by the Islamists as they fled.
He spelled out the repercussions for anyone caught trying to save books or valuable papers.
“They imprisoned people for this and amputated limbs. This was their punishment,” he told Sky News.
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Not our business?
thebrokenrattle on January 30, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Heh! Westerners would still be trying to figure out how to deliver the ransom money, the Blind Sheik and the Gitmo Glee Club all on one plane.
BL@KBIRD on January 30, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Not on Sandy Berger’s list of favorite travel destinations.
rw on January 30, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Religion of peace.
Oh, and hey, Abdullah, no reason to risk your hands for some books. Thankfully we have the internet now, and no longer are at risk of losing hundreds / thousands of years of human knowledge when muslims burn down librarys (library of alexandria)
Timin203 on January 30, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Religion of Peace.
Mimzey on January 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM
Apparently its a religion of pieces.
turfmann on January 30, 2013 at 7:36 PM