One thing I am pretty much an irredeemable Scrooge on is organized religion of any type. I just can't get past all of the evil suffering and destruction wreaked by some group thinking they are the "true faith" on the rest of humanity.
While this reaches back to the dishonest and horrible "Christian Crusades" it continues throughout he current fundamentalist Islamic wave surging in the Middle East (which is largely a result of US 'foreign policy' -- but that is for another time).
The latest comes from the mess in Mali. The historic city of Timbuktu (yes, that one) housed a library that had a rich trove of historic documents dating back to the 12th century and even beyond. Here is a 2003 PBS report from the library that was apparently destroyed by Islamists as they were leaving the city.
Unfortunately, it may largely be gone now.
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