Muslims mourns burning of historic library at Madrassa Azizia in Bihar Sharif

Muslims mourns burning of historic library at Madrassa Azizia in Bihar Sharif

Residents of Bihar Sharif town are still coming to terms with attack on a century-old ‘madrassa’ during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami. Glass shards, stones, bricks and liquor bottles are spread all across the compound. The door at the entrance of the main building is missing. The wreckage of burned fans, windows, doors and furniture is lying on the floor, blackened with soot. In one corner, water is dripping from the broken ceiling. This was the scene when Al Jazeera earlier this month visited Madrassa Azizia, a prominent Muslim…

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