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Smithsonian: Statue of Liberty was originally a Muslim woman
The Hill ^ | 11/25/15 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 11/25/2015 4:44:15 PM PST by markomalley

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed to be a Muslim woman, the Smithsonian Institution's magazine says.
 
An article on the government-administered museum’s blog, Smart News, claims one of the designers of Lady Liberty drew inspiration from monuments in Egypt and originally intended to construct a veiled female peasant on the Suez Canal.
 
The article cites historian Barry Moreno, author of multiple books about the statue, whose Islamic origins were also reported last week by The Daily Beast.
 
“Taking the form of a veiled peasant woman, the statue was to stand 86 feet high, and its pedestal was to rise to a height of 48 feet,” Moreno writes in “The Statue of Liberty.”
 
The design of the project was eventually altered to the Roman colossus who shines the light of liberty from New York harbor today. 


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To: jimpick

LOL, that’s what I said as I read this.


61 posted on 11/25/2015 5:30:24 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: markomalley

Clearly she’s a transgender........


62 posted on 11/25/2015 5:34:09 PM PST by kjam22
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To: euram

Liberal “scholars” have said black as well.


63 posted on 11/25/2015 5:34:22 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Bryanw92

Magazines that I subscribed to for many years are as follows:

“Smithsonian” No longer due to political correctness and refusal to to accurately report history. They were once a great magazine

“National Geographic” No longer due to political correctness and refusal to to accurately report history. They were once a great magazine. When they dabbled in Science in the past it was good science. It no longer is. I actually gave them a second chance and subscribed again and then they came out with a whole issue on global warming that was nothing but scientific fraud. When my subscription runs out in a few months I will never give them one dime again.

“Scientific America” No longer due to political correctness and refusal to to accurately report history. They were once a great magazine. This one really hurt. One of the great journals of exacting standards has rendered itself naught but pulp fiction. Their concept of peer review today is akin to putting Al Capone in charge of the Vice Squad in Chicago in the 1920s.


64 posted on 11/25/2015 5:34:52 PM PST by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: UCANSEE2

Which speaks volumes about the administration of the Smithsonian.


65 posted on 11/25/2015 5:38:05 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: markomalley

In reality there are no Muslim Women, any women following islam are all islamist male slaves and just along the ride to pinch off more filth.

They are no better than the lice and crabs that fester when they get together in your ether regions.


66 posted on 11/25/2015 5:39:47 PM PST by soycd
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To: markomalley

67 posted on 11/25/2015 5:40:34 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: markomalley

ancient Egyptian female fellah or peasant, robed and holding a torch aloft,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

Well it is Wikipedia but even they know it was an ancient Egyptian peasant, not a Muslim...............


68 posted on 11/25/2015 5:42:21 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: markomalley

QUELLE SHI’ITE! A hot steaming load..


69 posted on 11/25/2015 5:46:00 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: markomalley
Nah - She's Italian:

The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.

Wikipedia:Statue of Liberty

70 posted on 11/25/2015 5:46:02 PM PST by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Okers, wasn’t certain if sych personifications still existed.
Certainly they’d be considered “politically incorrect” and “offensive” to somebody.


71 posted on 11/25/2015 5:46:56 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: markomalley

Yeah and she is genitally mutilated too. Under the burka that she is wearing.


72 posted on 11/25/2015 5:47:37 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: holyscroller

No doubt, on the orders of 0bamanus Feculencis Caligula..


73 posted on 11/25/2015 5:47:43 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: markomalley

And this is important because?


74 posted on 11/25/2015 5:52:00 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: markomalley
Wow. While searching Freepublic, I just found this thread, 'We told you so' - Israeli embassy in Ireland posts photo of Mona Lisa in Muslim headdress from January 2015.

Scary, huh?


"We told you so, France."

-PJ

75 posted on 11/25/2015 5:52:41 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: markomalley

I don’t believe one word coming from this lieing Muslim sympathizing administration.


76 posted on 11/25/2015 5:59:19 PM PST by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: markomalley

Is there nothing that Muslims cannot do? Or did not originate? Such a worthy bunch are they.


77 posted on 11/25/2015 6:05:38 PM PST by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: markomalley

And the inscription on the book warned of climate change


78 posted on 11/25/2015 6:10:22 PM PST by wny
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To: Ann Archy

member, Michaell Obama told us we must change our history...


79 posted on 11/25/2015 6:10:45 PM PST by No You Cant
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To: Autonomous User

Well Ramona does work down at the snake farm.


80 posted on 11/25/2015 6:15:58 PM PST by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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