Muhammad in eyes of Non-Muslims

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Re: Muhammad in eyes of Non-Muslims

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Are there any neutral sources that prove that Library was destructed during Muslim conquest of Alexandria during Hazrat Umer’s time? Why Nehru said that its now believed to be false?

If that source of Greek philosophy was completely destroyed by Muslims, how could Muslim philosophers afterwards seen to be influenced by Greek mythology that was afterwards translated into Arabic.

Islamic philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Islamic philosophy as the name implies refers to philosophical activity within the Islamic milieu. The main sources of classical or early Islamic philosophy are the religion of Islam itself (especially ideas derived and interpreted from the Quran), Greek philosophy which the early Muslims inherited as a result of conquests when Alexandria, Syria and Jundishapur came under Muslim rule, along with pre-Islamic Indian philosophy and Iranian philosophy. Many of the early philosophical debates centered around reconciling religion and reason, the latter exemplified by Greek philosophy. One aspect which stands out in Islamic philosophy is that, the philosophy in Islam travels wide but comes back to conform it with the Quran and Sunna.

eHistory.com: The Burning of the Library of Alexandria

Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So maybe all 4 parties were a little guilty in the matter. The fact is that it was destroyed. As for sources to and against muslim destruction of the library, there are both naysayers and people who promote this theory.
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• Abd’l Latif of Baghdad (1162–1231) states that the library of Alexandria was destroyed by Amr, by the order of the Caliph Omar.[SUP][28]](Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
• The story is also found in Al-Qifti (1172–1248), History of Learned Men, from whom Bar Hebraeus copied the story.[SUP][29]](Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
• The longest version of the story is in the Syriac Christian author Bar-Hebraeus (1226–1286), also known as Abu’l Faraj. He translated extracts from his history, the Chronicum Syriacum into Arabic, and added extra material from Arab sources. In this Historia Compendiosa Dynastiarum[SUP][30]](Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia)[/SUP] he describes a certain “John Grammaticus” (490–570) asking Amr for the “books in the royal library.” Amr writes to Omar for instructions, and Omar replies: “If those books are in agreement with the Quran, we have no need of them; and if these are opposed to the Quran, destroy them.”[SUP][31]](Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
• Al-Maqrizi (1364–1442) also mentions the story briefly, while speaking of the Serapeum.[SUP][32]](Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
• There is also a story in Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) which tells that Omar made a similar order about Persian books.[SUP][33]](Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia)[/SUP]

So I dont think we can lay the blame on any one person, maybe all 4 parties were partly/fully responsible.