I blame FRANCE!!!
Mecca? The Tunisian flag?? Good grief, this is like an ink blot test and some are finding an Osama memorial in it.
I think the writers finding the symbolism supporting Islam are giving more fodder to the jihadists.
Without these conspiracy theories I don't think anyone would have ascribe it as a jihad memorial. Now they can claim it as one - with "proof" provided by their enemies.
It's silly.
read up on it before you decide we are chasing ghosts.
1. the crescent is an islamic symbol - only the totally ignorant do not know this. the commission on this project was well aware of the religious connection.
2. the design is not simply a crescent, but a crescent with a cluster between its horns, in precisely the configuration used in Islam
3. the entrance building is a "tower of voices" analogous to an islamic minaret ("tower of calling" of a mosque) with a color scheme similar to those favored by mesopotamian and other mosques
4. that the memorial is geometrically aligned so as to face Mecca is mathematically demonstrable. Given the wide range of other directions the architect could have chosen, many with traditional Western symbolic values, this cannot be an accident.
"Good grief, this is like an ink blot test and some are finding an Osama memorial in it."
FRiend, this is no ink blot test. Ink blots are purely random creations that allow the test taker to interpret them purely with only their internal references. But this is an intentional cresent, with intentional color and orientation that easily drives a normal person to make this rational conclusion. The parallels are far too similar to be coincidental. Did you even see the list of similarities??
The architect could have used any shape with straight lines and we would not be having this discussion. He did this on purpose.
I agree with you. The premiss of this thread is a bit silly. Some people just have too much time on their hands.