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Standing By For The Muslim Protest Against The Flight 93 Memorial

Posted on | September 12, 2011 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Power Line catches us up on the ‘curious’ nature of the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA:

Rawls, Burnett and others have lodged additional criticisms of the design. They say that the crescent points toward Mecca and is, in fact, a traditional Islamic mihrab. They point out that one of the memorial’s most striking features (not yet constructed, I believe) is the Tower of Voices, which they describe as “a year-round accurate Islamic prayer-time sundial.” It is shaped–wait for it–like a crescent, and 40 wind chimes hang inside it, representing the 40 dead passengers and crew members.

Now, if Islam is a religion of peace, and terrorism is against Islam, then where is the host of imams decrying this clear tying of an evil terrorist act to their faith?

I should think they would demand a re-design, STAT. I mean, arranging the grave markers at Srebrenica in the shape of a fish would have been roughly as tasteful. And, presumably, unintelligible to adherents of the faith whose symbol is so utilized.

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10 Responses to “Standing By For The Muslim Protest Against The Flight 93 Memorial”

  1. Anonymous
    September 12th, 2011 @ 11:21 am

    The dhimmi-wannabes have infested this country from top to  bottom, apparently

    Now that the Obammunist era has proven McCarthy RIGHT, what’s wrong with House hearings on Islamic anti-American activities?  

    About time we got it all out there… we’ll start with Hillary’s dubious choice (Saudi-Wahhabi, good grief) as her close personal assistant at State… then on to who’s forcing Al Qaida victory mosques and monuments upon  us.

  2. Bob Belvedere
    September 12th, 2011 @ 12:06 pm

    To his great credit, Mike Todd has been reporting on this whole Flight 93 Memorial farce for the past several years.

    From where I am right now, I can’t do specific links, but you can search his site: http://the-classic-liberal.com/

  3. Joe
    September 12th, 2011 @ 1:47 pm

     I mean, arranging the grave markers at Srebrenica in the shape of a fish would have been roughly as tasteful.

    Actually they were Orthodox Christians (although some supposedly were neo Nazis).  So the symbol should have been an Orthodox cross or  a swatstika for your analogy. 

  4. Guest
    September 12th, 2011 @ 1:47 pm

    Waiting for the ACLU to protest the usage of religous symbology in a public monument…

    Still waiting…

  5. Daily Pundit » About That Muslim Sundial Masaquerading As A 9/11 Memorial In Pennsylvania
    September 12th, 2011 @ 11:59 am

    […] Standing By For The Muslim Protest Against The Flight 93 Memorial : The Other McCain Now, if Islam is a religion of peace, and terrorism is against Islam, then where is the host of imams decrying this clear tying of an evil terrorist act to their faith? […]

  6. Joe
    September 12th, 2011 @ 5:54 pm

    Maybe they should have gotten a corporate sponsor and called it CITI FIELD-(and in small type Flight 93 memorial). 

  7. Anonymous
    September 12th, 2011 @ 6:28 pm

    One could start with premises’. Islam is not a religion of peace.

  8. Anonymous
    September 12th, 2011 @ 7:14 pm

    How this design managed to survive past the first round of submissions is beyond belief.

    I forsee much in the way of disrespect for this “monument” in the future.

  9. Anonymous
    September 12th, 2011 @ 7:29 pm

    Pam Geller usually has stuff about the crescent honoring the muslim hijackers flight 93 9/11 memorial.

    I found this link at her site. It’s to an ad being placed  by the father of one of the men on the plane who rushed the cabin (it’s a pdf).

  10. Charles
    September 13th, 2011 @ 2:55 am

    If I ever visit, I’ll know the direction to point my middle finger, and exactly what time to raise it. What’s the problem?