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  1. 'Badass Librarians' Foil al Qaeda, Save Ancient Manuscripts
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Scholars used donkey carts, boats, and teenage couriers to smuggle a priceless collection out of Timbuktu.
  2. Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
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    Resource Type: Organization
  3. For the Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story - in pictures
    Resource Type: Photo/Image/Poster
    Published: 2012
    During the Bosnian war, a group of men and women risked their lives to rescue thousands of irreplaceable Islamic manuscripts -- and preserve a nation's history. Amid bullets and bombs, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written antique books and documents -- the most important texts held by Sarajevo's Gazi Husrav Beg Library, founded in 1537.
    As the 20th anniversary of the start of the siege of Sarajevo approaches, a documentary airing tonight on BBC4 tells the story of this extraordinary bid to protect a nation's history. Here are a few of the film's most striking images
  4. Reflections on Islam
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    Resource Type: Organization


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