Posted on 05/06/2015 8:39:17 AM PDT by FR_addict
Offended by a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad etched in marble inside the U.S. Supreme Court chamber, a coalition of Muslim organizations is quietly pushing to have the artwork sandblasted into propriety.
A petition signed by 16 groups across the country has asked that the larger-than-life frieze of great lawgivers be altered "in the spirit of religious tolerance and pluralism" because Islamic tradition discourages artistic renderings of people, and showing the face of Muhammad is considered particularly offensive.
The Supreme Court refused to comment publicly on the controversy, but coalition spokesman Nihad Awad said there already has been one "fruitful" meeting and "a lot of phone calls" since the 66-year-old artwork first came to its attention three months ago. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Destroy in the name of tolerance, muslims really do have a lot in common with liberals, both are evil decievers.
WTH? text, icons, menus, toolbars, and text looks narrower. the other day I converted my cellphone to Spanish during jury duty and ha to take out battery to shut while everyone waited I’m a disaster lol
“Chief Justice William Rehnquist rejected the request to sandblast Muhammad, saying the artwork “was intended only to recognize him, among many other lawgivers, as an important figure in the history of law; it is not intended as a form of idol worship”. The court later added a footnote to tourist materials, calling it “a well-intentioned attempt by the sculptor to honor Muhammad”.”
I wonder what will happen when they try it again?
Stopped clock is right...sand blast it!
Mohammed doesn’t belong in a line-up of great law-givers. So I’m all for sandblasting him out.
get rid of it
no references to Mo or his stinking cult belong anywhere in the USA particularly on US gubment property!
BAN MO NOW!!
Sounds good to me :)
but is this what it is now. We celebrate American defeats?? I didn’t know what emotion to feel.
I’m only second generation from Italy and NEVER wept a tear over their utter defeat. Felt bad for the civilians in towns of ancestors, but I got over it :)
GMTA!!
better yet ..TRANSGENDER EM!!
Mohammedette!! Yes, that works!
that’ll give the ISLAMIC THUGS something to think about
muslims and liberals unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand.
Defacing American national monuments, such as the Supreme Court building, in the name of Islam puts us on a dangerous road to capitulation and surrender.
Remember, Muslims build their mosques on the sites of past churches as a symbol of conquest. How do people think this would be perceived?
-PJ
Rehnquist declined the request to remove him from the frieze.
He is also depicted as a gargoyle on the Library of Congress building:
http://moorishsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/locfez2.jpeg
http://moorishsociety.com/tag/washington-dc/
I think the press including FoxNews is afraid to print the cartoon, so they won't be singled out for violent acts of terrorism. On a agreed upon day, every newspaper, television news station, and every news blog should display the cartoon that won, to show solidarity against this type of terrorism. They have declared war on our nation and we sit back and do nothing.
SCOTUS provoking jihadist scum. Bill O’Reilly will lead the sand blasting crew.
Thanks, I didn’t know. So how many government buildings will they target next?
Islam is incompatible with freedom.
Freedom comes from God, Islam is of the devil.
Sandblast it and deport all Muslims.
How about instead of erasing the face we just replace the entire body w/Jesus?
Donald Trump blamed Pamela too. I guess he will be helping O’Reilly.
When Hillary and Obama blamed the dumb video, the Islamists thought they would have free reign to tell America what to do.
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