A Statue of Muhammad on a New York Courthouse, Taken Down Years Ago

nytimes ^ | Jan. 9, 2015 | DAVID W. DUNLAP

[PROCON]

It would have given great offense, had anyone known it was there.

For the first half of the 20th century, an eight-foot-tall marble statue of the Prophet Muhammad overlooked Madison Square Park from the rooftop of the Appellate Division Courthouse at Madison Avenue and 25th Street.

Sixty years ago, the statue was quietly removed, in an episode that now looks, in light of recent events in Paris, like the model of tact, restraint and diplomacy.

What had spared the sensibilities of Muslim passers-by from 1902 to 1955 was that “Muhammad,” by the Mexican sculptor Charles Albert Lopez, was among nine other lawgivers, including Confucius and Moses.

[SunkenCiv]

It should not have been there in the first place, but after it was erected, should have been crowbarred over until it tipped, to plummet to the street and smithereens.

[DaveA37]

Really?

[DaveA37]

Really?

[Sherman Logan]

Yes. Yes.

They believe any image of Mohammed is blasphemous.

[Fred Nerks]

Sculpture figures prominently in the Corinthian architecture of the Court Building. One chamber features a frieze decorated with a bas-relief sculpture by Adolph A. Weinman of eighteen influential law-givers. The south wall depicts Menes, Hammurabi, Moses, Solomon, Lycurgus, Solon, Draco, Confucius and Octavian, while the north wall depicts Napoleon Bonaparte, John Marshall, William Blackstone, Hugo Grotius, Louis IX, King John, Charlemagne, Justinian and, you guessed it, Mohammad.

How Mohammad image ended up Supreme Court

The statue may be gone, but the depiction of mohammad in the frieze is still there.

[Vigilanteman]

Someone owes that innocent sow an apology for defacing her with the the name of that pedophile murdering maniac.

[Fred Nerks]

Mohammed Image Archive

Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History

http://zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/