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Alwaleed Donates $20 Million to Louvre Islamic Wing
Bloomberg via email no url
| 7/26/5
Posted on 07/26/2005 10:08:41 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is donating 17 million euros ($20 million) toward the building of an Islamic art wing at the Louvre, the largest-ever gift to the world's biggest museum.
Alwaleed signed the donation agreement at the Paris museum in the presence of Louvre President Henri Loyrette and French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres. The prince said his gift, which he called ``an investment,'' will help to better explain the Islamic world to Europeans.
``Relations between Europe and the Islamic world are going through a turbulent period,'' Alwaleed said at the signing ceremony, held beneath stairs leading to the second century B.C. Greek statue Winged Victory of Samothrace. ``We were given the opportunity to represent Islam in the best museum in the world. We should thank France, not France thank us.''
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: art; dhimmitude; europeanmuslims; france; islam; moslem; museum; oil; philanthropy; princealwaleed; royals; saudiarabia
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A gifted novelist couldn't have stuffed more symbolism into that excerpt.
To: NativeNewYorker
Why am I seeing the Mona Lisa wearing a burkha all of a sudden?
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:10:28 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(A living affront to Islam since 1959)
To: SlowBoat407
Looks pretty easy to buy off the French.
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:11:46 AM PDT
by
TheShaz
(Shhhh! We don't want Dean run off yet!!!)
To: NativeNewYorker
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:12:31 AM PDT
by
dennisw
( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
To: NativeNewYorker
Will the curators of the Islamic art wing have among their duties the placing of high explosives at strategic points within the Louvre's
other wings?
(steely)
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:13:09 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Fortunately, the Bill of Rights doesn't include the word 'is'.)
To: SlowBoat407
Alwaleed to the Mona Lisa:
"Merciful Allah! I can see your eyebrows! scandalous! Cover yourself, you harlot!"
To: NativeNewYorker
To: SlowBoat407
You asked for it. Her smile is as alluring as ever!
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT
by
Millee
(So you're a feminist......isn't that cute??)
To: NativeNewYorker
Undoubtedly a love gift. (snicker)
To: TheShaz
YES! It's clear from the prince's statement that he really really thinks *he* is getting the good deal here.
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:16:09 AM PDT
by
NativeNewYorker
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sharpton.)
To: Millee
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:16:39 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: NativeNewYorker
Will the Islamic art wing include all of the atrocities inflicted to the Europe and the United States including beheadings, incinerated remains of the people in the planes and twin towers, how about mutilated bodies of the folks in the tube and buses in London and let's not forget the Madrid trains.
- !
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:16:40 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Imagine a world of liberal silence.)
To: TheShaz
Next thing you know they will be putting
toilets in Louvre
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:18:14 AM PDT
by
pointsal
To: NativeNewYorker
Is this going to be called the "Please Don't Hurt Us We Surrender Easily Just Ask Germany" wing?
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:19:38 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
To: poobear
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:20:10 AM PDT
by
NativeNewYorker
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sharpton.)
To: NativeNewYorker
Islam, a religion of appease.
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:21:30 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(A living affront to Islam since 1959)
To: NativeNewYorker
In (Saudi/Wahabi/Sunni) Islam you get your head chopped off for depicting people. Therefore islamic art is limited to drawing pretty patterns. A whole wing full of that will be quite boring.
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:22:07 AM PDT
by
sumocide
To: NativeNewYorker
Now if only France would fill that Islamic heritage wing with relics from Charles Martel and is defeat of the first attempted muslim invasion of Europe.
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:33:44 AM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: poobear
Will the Islamic art wing include all of the atrocities inflicted to the Europe and the United States including beheadings, incinerated remains of the people in the planes I don't know. Do the sections containing Christian art include witch burnings, Inquisition, Jewish persecution and the Catholics/Protestants murdering or exiling the other to die?
Islam does have some good art in its history. I see no problem with it being in a museum in an artistic context.
To: NativeNewYorker
WHAT Islamic art? A kids mosaic made from empty brass casings maybe?
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:44:11 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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