Bigotry
Illustration★★★★Caliph Omar ordered the destruction of the large Alexandrian library
with these words: “Either these books
conform to the Koran, or they do not.
If they do, they are not needed; if they
do not, they are positively harmful.
Therefore, let them be destroyed.”
Found in A TREASURY OF SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARLES L. WALLIS · chunk wallis_aa
The point
Caliph Omar's destructive logic for burning the Alexandrian library: books either conform to the Koran (unnecessary) or don't (harmful), so burn them all.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 44 words