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 ...
Chief Justice William Rehnquist rejected the request to sandblast Muhammad”
Thanks, I didn’t know. I wonder what Roberts would do.
As you know, "we" don't celebrate American defeats. That's what the liberals do, and they aren't part of "we."
Add a minaret to the building?
-PJ
well, I’m still a fool to think that “we” are all Americans and you’d be hard pressed to find a country where a large number of its citizens would ever THINK of lauding such an article. But I’ve always been naïve.
Geez, I thought we as Americans could all agree on THAT!! I was wrong, so what else is new.
“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad
all over wiki!”
Good find. I guess Wikipedia better be careful.
...Okay, fine. If Americans are to respect and obey the laws of Islam, that prohibit the drawing of pictures of Mohammed, then why wouldnt Americans have to respect and obey Islams laws and punishments regarding gays and women? I mean, if its that important to them, who are we to disagree? If they say you cant draw pictures of the prophet, we say youre right, we cant, and anybody that does, why, theyre gonna get whats coming to them. Now, you move over to other aspects of militant Islam, and we know what happens to homosexuals in Iran or any other Islamic country. We know what happens to women. Well, if were gonna respect and obey the laws about drawing cartoons of the prophet, dont we have to respect what Islam says about homosexuality and women? Where do we draw the line? We say, Nah-nah, we can ignore that. But this picture business, nope, we gotta follow that to the letter of the law. We gotta follow that to the letter of Islam. We gotta follow that to the letter of Allah. But the gay and women thing, not so much...
My understanding of the left started with the Viet Nam war when I realized they were cheering when American soldiers were killed. Virtually every nation has a military, but to the left the only evil military is the U.S. Military.
I have a number of Jewish friends from Benson Hearst who are liberal but would NEVER cheer on the enemy. I guess that’s why I can be friends with them..
That and our mutual support for Israel.
And they are good eggs and loyal friends.
The politics thing does make the friendships tough at times.
None of them say anything now about Obummer and his treatment of Israel. I’m hoping to convert to repub :)
“Stop the Islamization of America before is too late.”
I hear crickets........
From 1997. Thanks FR_addict.
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