Lieber Herr Drechsler,
Dies zum Anlaß nehmend, wollte ich fragen, ob Sie in Sachen Index Islamicus
Online Licht sehen? Ich würde sonst versuchen, Ihnen persönlich (d.h. Ihrer
Uni) preislich noch etwas entgegen zu kommen.
Beste Grüße,
Kai Gerlach
Am 06.11.2006 9:32 Uhr schrieb "Andreas Drechsler" unter
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> Hello to the list
>
> as most of you will remember there were two postings by Geoffrey Roper
> and myself on the question of this dubious intended sale of manuscripts
> in Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The situation has changed
> considerably since these posting, because the public outcry (on a
> national and international level) was so enormous that the provincial
> government has cancelled the sale and is trying now with other means
> to collect the money that is needed for the restauration of the boarding
> school of Salem at Lake Constanze, the original reason for the whole
> affair. Baden-Württemberg is now buying paintings etc. from the house of
> Baden to get together the money. In an absurd twist the regional
> Ministry of culture included paintings that were already owned by the
> Baden-Württemberg since 1930!!! Nobody had noticed so far ... (so much
> on the famous German bureaucratic system). There is a complete
> collection of articles, blogs etc. on this scandalous incident at
> http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/2895938/. It also includes English
> contributions.
> Best wishes
> Andreas
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