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Empire State Building to Glow Green for Muslim Holiday
Breitbart ^
| 10/10/07
| AFP
Posted on 10/10/2007 8:04:51 PM PDT by Fargo Rock
New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said.
"This is the first time that the Empire State Building will be illuminated for Eid, and the lighting will become an annual event in the same tradition of the yearly lightings for Christmas and Hannukah," according to a statement.
Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month, is expected to be celebrated in New York from Friday, depending on when the new moon is sighted, and the city's tallest skyscraper will remain green until Sunday.
Built in the early 1930s, the 443-meter-tall (1,454-feet-tall) Empire State Building was first lit up with colored lighting in 1976, when red, white and blue lights were used to mark the American Bicentennial.
An estimated seven million Muslims live in the United States.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; muhammadsminions; muslim; stopislamization; waronislamism
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To: FormerACLUmember
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posted on
10/10/2007 9:06:00 PM PDT
by
tina07
(In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42 - 12/17/45, d. 11/1/85)
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
42
posted on
10/10/2007 9:06:50 PM PDT
by
tina07
(In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42 - 12/17/45, d. 11/1/85)
To: beethovenfan
Why are we kissing these medievel morons’ asses? Liberals hope to ease their all-consuming guilt and self-hatred; "compassionate" Republicans (naively) hope to "win hearts and minds" and show how "tolerant" they are.
43
posted on
10/10/2007 9:09:47 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
("Hidin' in a corner ...of New York City, lookin' down a .44 in West Virginy")
To: aruanan
Maybe the West could help the Qa'aba glow green for the next thousand or so holidays. Unfortunately green is not the colors stuff usually glows after the sort of even you're insinuating. However the desert around the site likely would turn to Green glass.
44
posted on
10/10/2007 9:18:19 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Fargo Rock
Why don’t they just light the Twin Towers green? Oh, THAT’S right...
45
posted on
10/10/2007 9:20:27 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Now more popular than Congress!* *According to a new RasMESSen Poll.)
To: Texas Eagle
46
posted on
10/10/2007 9:21:29 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Now more popular than Congress!* *According to a new RasMESSen Poll.)
Comment #47 Removed by Moderator
To: Fargo Rock
Maybe if they blow up the Sears Tower they’ll honor 2 muslim holidays.
48
posted on
10/10/2007 9:30:11 PM PDT
by
word_warrior_bob
(You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: yeehah
Exactly right, yeehah. This inability to comprehend the Islamic/Arab mindset will cost us (and western civ in general) dearly.
49
posted on
10/10/2007 9:31:28 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
("Hidin' in a corner ...of New York City, lookin' down a .44 in West Virginy")
To: Lijahsbubbe
Oh great plan, put lights on the target for the islamaniacs.
50
posted on
10/10/2007 9:32:56 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Hug your babies.)
To: Lazarus Longer
They didn’t light it up Red, White and Blue for the 4™.
That was the point, with Richter scale irony...
51
posted on
10/10/2007 9:43:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: null and void
Oh ok. ...I thought they might’ve.
52
posted on
10/10/2007 9:45:36 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
("Hidin' in a corner ...of New York City, lookin' down a .44 in West Virginy")
To: Lazarus Longer
Now that you mention it they might have. ‘Though I doubt it was any time in the last half century.
53
posted on
10/10/2007 9:47:23 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: Fargo Rock
Which NYC politician is responsible for this blaspheme?
He needs to feel the wrath of the real America...big time.
Just give me the name....
54
posted on
10/10/2007 9:52:34 PM PDT
by
HardStarboard
(Take No Prisoners - We're Out of Qurans)
To: beethovenfan
"Why are we kissing these medievel morons’ asses?"Because it appears that we're bigger morons.
This is getting to be surreal.
55
posted on
10/10/2007 9:58:44 PM PDT
by
VR-21
To: Eleutheria5
To: null and void
Whats a freedom lover to do?
57
posted on
10/10/2007 10:17:25 PM PDT
by
Eyes Unclouded
(We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
To: Eyes Unclouded
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to advance from that subordination in which they have hitherto remained, and to assume among the powers of the earth...”
58
posted on
10/10/2007 10:26:08 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: null and void
To: Texas Eagle
I was in NYC visiting my son when they had these lights on at the WTC site and it was the spookiest thing I have ever seen. Gave me the creeps and I felt so much horror at the evil that caused the destruction. How dare they forget!
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