In Timbuktu it is 1591 All Over Again
Islamist threat to Timbuktu's ancient scientific texts - science-in-society - 03 July 2012 - New ScientistMuslim raiders are doing the same thing they did in 1591 - destroying ancient art, texts, and shrines. Some of the materials in their crosshairs include medical and scientific books that, among other things, show the danger of tobacco. Once again we see the benighted and anti-intellectual yearnings of true believers in Islam come to life.