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Another Memorial To Jihad?
David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | Sally Meininger

Posted on 07/31/2010 6:36:24 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien

Not content with making Ground Zero a symbol of Islamic triumphalism with a 13-15 story Cordoba House mosque, plans are in the works to memorialize the sacred ground of the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA.

For a memorial, I can imagine something with park benches, maybe a reflecting pool, the names of the victims carved in shiny stone. Too mundane? Well, the Heinz Foundation–yes that Heinz–funded the design competition to come up with something that would reflect the grief and pride of Americans: A red Islamic crescent design symbolizing the features of a mosque.

Huh?

The Crescent (or Bowl) of Embrace, as it’s called, I’m guessing is so named in an effort to sound comforting. Um, it’s not working. It was, after all, militant Islamic jihadists who caused the plane to crash in the first place. So why are the main features of the memorial so closely linked to Islamic symbols?

Alec Rawls, author of a book about the Flight 93 memorial, Crescent of Betrayal, says “A crescent that Muslims face into is called a mihrab. It’s the central feature on which every mosque is built.” And it’s always oriented toward Mecca. So a visitor to the Crescent would be facing Mecca while remembering the victims of Flight 93?? But that’s a coincidence surely.

Not so much if you do the math. Based on coordinates for the direction of the qibla, the Crescent/Bowl points the visitor toward Mecca. Hmm, there was only a one in three hundred and sixty chance that it could be oriented this way. What are the odds that it was on purpose? I’m thinking a hundred percent.

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KEYWORDS: 911; flight93; groundzero; islam

1 posted on 07/31/2010 6:36:26 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
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To: Michael van der Galien

why did the Flt 93 families go along with this????

The only place we don’t yet have a muslim shrine in the works is at the Pentagon 911 memorial- I guess it will be added


2 posted on 07/31/2010 6:38:14 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Michael van der Galien
Something based on this would be nice!


3 posted on 07/31/2010 6:41:40 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

The hijacking terrorists actually managed to down the plane in a Mecca-ward orientation. I think this indicates they probably never intended to fly it on to a target, but expected to be rolled (”Lets Roll”).


4 posted on 07/31/2010 6:42:40 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: central_va

Deus Vult!


5 posted on 07/31/2010 6:44:07 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: allmendream

Indeed!


6 posted on 07/31/2010 6:47:13 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

I am a devote NON-Heinz user. Refuse to purchase any product with that name on it.


7 posted on 07/31/2010 6:53:39 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: Michael van der Galien

8 posted on 07/31/2010 6:57:20 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Michael van der Galien
The Islamic push to place their symbols over existing religious sites goes back thousands of years.

It is the very simple display of their superiority over their defeated enemies - not unlike American privateers and warships displaying the American flag over the national flags of their captured ships.

look at the Mosques in Jerusalem and Constantinople for proofs of my opening sentence.

There is nothing new under the sun - just replays done for the uninformed and mis-educated.

9 posted on 07/31/2010 6:57:24 AM PDT by Nip (Arizona Immigration Law - the case heard around the world! Wait for son of...)
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To: Marty62
6 minute video on the Mosque at Ground Zero -- by Pat Condell, a Brit -- should be seen by everyone -- it's that good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjS0Novt3X4

10 posted on 07/31/2010 6:58:25 AM PDT by Jerrybob
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To: Michael van der Galien

After all of the controversy when this Memorial design was first revealed, they went back and redesigned it, but the crescent remained.


11 posted on 07/31/2010 7:16:04 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Michael van der Galien

"Round up the muslims!"

12 posted on 07/31/2010 7:21:46 AM PDT by IbJensen ((Ps 109.8): "Let his days be few; and let another take his position.")
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To: silverleaf

You know, we are only TOLD they went along with this, not that they actually did. IF they did, how many of them? Was this a majority? How was this counted? Rated?

Frankly, I don’t believe it anymore.

That Turkish guy’s in Pennsylvania, no? Is that close by there?

How much $$ was paid to the families for their grief and by whom?

I think the story’s an absolute cover story for the real one.


13 posted on 07/31/2010 7:22:02 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Hillbillys enjoying a jihad.

14 posted on 07/31/2010 7:23:23 AM PDT by IbJensen ((Ps 109.8): "Let his days be few; and let another take his position.")
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To: Jerrybob

Thanx JB, he is absolutely right. Yet the elected class continue to make America more and more dangerous for the non-Muslim.


15 posted on 07/31/2010 8:47:34 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Do they really think the people in that community, and the survivors of those who were killed, are going to go along with such an outrage?


16 posted on 07/31/2010 8:49:44 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Marty62

I am the same way, nothing Heinz in my house. I would like to know just what other products that they own so I can boycot them too.


17 posted on 07/31/2010 8:50:37 AM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: Michael van der Galien

What/who is the Muslim behind the design of this insult/


18 posted on 07/31/2010 9:43:54 AM PDT by WVNan
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