A truck carrying books by authors including Dan Brown and Paulo Coelho have been seized by authorities in eastern Libya. Officials reportedly claimed the books promote secularism, Shi’ism and perversion. Along with Brown and Coelho, the haul included books from Friedrich Nietzsche and Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. #LNA confiscated books 4 paulo Coelho, Dan Brown, Friedrich Nietzsche, Najeeb Mahfouz and others saying it calls for secularism and Shiism pic.twitter.com/4J6GRRkxTR — Ghaith Shennib (@GhaithShennib) 22 January 2017Journalist Ghaith Shennib said the seizure took place at a checkpoint belonging to the Libyan National Army. There's little they can do but I can't just sit and watch my books being burned https://t.co/7s6FnWwMlz — Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) 23 January 2017Despite Coelho's concerns, journalist Mary Fitzgerald in Libya said on Twitter there is no sign the seized books will be burned.

Source: Libya Today January 23, 2017 11:23 UTC