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Lebanese library burned, loses more than 50,000 books
By By Carolyn Kellogg
Jan 06, 2014 | 10:18 AM
A man inspects burned books after an arson fire at the Saeh Library in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP/Getty Images)
Tens of thousands of books were lost to fire when a library in Lebanon was set ablaze.
Officials said unknown arsonists torched Tripoli's Saeh Library, or Traveler's Library, Friday after claims that its founder, Father Ibrahim Sarouja, a Greek Orthodox priest, had written an anti-Islamic online article and that anti-Islamic materials had been found in the library.
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