Independent Thinking and Middle East Librarians

Lee Hadden wrties: \”Stephen S. Rosenfeld had an
intriguing editorial in the Washington
Post concerning a letter sent by a librarian at the King
Fahd National
Library in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The writer of the letter,
one S\’ud Ibn
Muhammad Al-\’Aqili, wrote about the Palestinian
Authority\’s use of children
in the current intifada. The writer notes that the Prophet
Mohammed refused
to use children below 14 years of age in his
campaigns, but the PLO does
today. The editorial is about the independent thinking of
this individual.


The original letter can be read as \”Special Dispatch
#206\” in the Middle
East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) site at: memri.org.
An interesting analysis, and an interesting comment
on library staff.\”

May 11, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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