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Bonfires of Insanity: A History of Book Burnings From Nazis to ISIS

Burning Ideas

Burning books—and their authors—is perhaps the oldest form of censorship.

The latest outrage perpetrated by ISIS, the Islamic terrorist movement, is that they don’t just burn people; they burn books, too.

Last week ISIS members burned the Mosul public library, and along with it more than 8,000 rare old books and manuscripts.

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