"At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of……" — Nils Kjaer

At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer… - Nils Kjaer
"At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'."

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