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7/22/2025, 5:43:30 AM
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Something like this. This is the reading room of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, Morocco. This is the oldest university in the world and one of the oldest libraries in the world.
A quiet room with tables and chairs, lighting for reading at night, wooden shelves for regular texts, and access to a secured archive for the retrieval of manuscripts which require careful handling.
An archival library requires an archivist as you can't simply leaves these very old and delicate books on shelves for people to publicly handle. I consider such a purpose built building to be an intellectual and religious responsibility as cursed Salafists threaten to destroy these very important works of Islamic history.
Plus, access to said manuscripts attracts students and scholars who wish to pore over them for purposes of Islamic study. A madrasa is ultimately a private institution that requires the patronage of students and benefactors as well as the employment of educators.
Something like this. This is the reading room of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, Morocco. This is the oldest university in the world and one of the oldest libraries in the world.
A quiet room with tables and chairs, lighting for reading at night, wooden shelves for regular texts, and access to a secured archive for the retrieval of manuscripts which require careful handling.
An archival library requires an archivist as you can't simply leaves these very old and delicate books on shelves for people to publicly handle. I consider such a purpose built building to be an intellectual and religious responsibility as cursed Salafists threaten to destroy these very important works of Islamic history.
Plus, access to said manuscripts attracts students and scholars who wish to pore over them for purposes of Islamic study. A madrasa is ultimately a private institution that requires the patronage of students and benefactors as well as the employment of educators.
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