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Rudolph Ware is a professor in the department of History at University of Michigan.

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Timbuktu: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of Martyrs

(1) Comments | Posted August 31, 2012 | 3:51 PM

In this excellent montage Alexandra Huddleston closes by reminding us of a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad -- still learned and taught in Timbuktu -- "the ink of the scholar is more precious than the blood of the martyr." These words echo today as a reminder that the mainstream Islamic...

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