IF WHAT’S IN THE LIBRARY ACCORDS WITH THE KORAN, IT IS UNNECESSARY. IF IT CONFLICTS WITH THE KORAN, IT IS DANGEROUS. Egyptian Activists Hurt Defending Library. Oh, wait, that was a different library. “The Institut d’Egypte, a collection of 192,000 documents first opened in Egypt in the 18th century, burned for 12 hours this weekend. Tragically, protestors alleged that they were attacked by soldiers as they tried to rescue 200 year old manuscripts from the burning library.”