A picture shows the Ten Commandments written in Hebrew on stone tablets on top of the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sept. 28, 2011. The Jewish community in Libya dates back to the third century BC and at its peak numbered around 38,000 people, although it was always the smallest of the Jewish populations in north Africa. Most of the Jewish population left in the 20 years following World War II, although several hundred were still living there during ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi's coup of 1969. Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images
