An old copy of the Quran was among items stolen during a mosque break-in earlier this week.

The book was inside a safe that was taken from the Islamic Society early Tuesday morning.

The suspect entered the building using a keypad, said TPD spokeswoman Lt. Teena Richardson, and "took a safe containing a very valuable artifact, currency and other items."

Initial reports that the book may be the same one that was saved from the University of Alabama library before Union troops set fire to the campus in 1865 were incorrect, according to UA.

The copy of the Quran which survived the raid is still in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections at the university, confirmed Monica Greppin Watts Associate Vice President for Communications, Division of Strategic Communications, citing administrators for the collection.

On the morning of April 4, 1865, Union soldiers led by Col. Thomas M. Johnston approached the center of campus, the Rotunda, which held the university's collection of books and natural history.

As the troops marched down the long, gravel street lined with cedar trees, they were met by a group of university faculty that included Andre Deloffre, the university's librarian, and William Wyman, professor of Latin and Greek.

Deloffre begged Johnston to spare the library, one of the finest of its time. Johnston responded by sending a courier to headquarters, asking if the library could remain unscathed, but he was instructed by his general to burn the Rotunda as planned.

Legend has it that before Union troops set the building on fire, either Johnston, one of his aides, Deloffre or someone else went into the Rotunda to save one book — a copy of "The Koran: Commonly Called The Alcoran Of Mohammed."

Money and other items were also stolen in the mosque break-in. Anyone with information is asked to contact TPD at 205-349-2121.