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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: Timpanagos1
What would you expect from France?

Yeah, a hand in 1812 sure would have been nice..../s

101 posted on 11/26/2015 5:51:26 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: markomalley

Well . . . it was originally meant for Egypt. But no statue in that part of the world is a moslem statue (they don’t build statues).


102 posted on 11/26/2015 6:12:36 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
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To: WENDLE

YOU SAID IT AND IT CAN’T BE SUGAR COATED AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

Everything is being twisted somehow. Nothing is credible. I have never seen or imagined there could be such a huge amount of clap trap Bull Chit.


103 posted on 11/26/2015 6:28:02 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Leaning Right

Bravo. But I also have it on good authority that the statue is actually Eleanor Rooselvelt from a previous incarnation when she was a Tibetan Monk of the third order of saffron robe. I got this from my third cousin twice removed from Sing Sing so there!


104 posted on 11/26/2015 6:30:53 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: markomalley
I'm buying it.
I'm just that gullible and easily duped.
105 posted on 11/26/2015 8:23:48 AM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: markomalley
It would take me a long time to unpack and refute all the nonsense here, so I'll stick to a couple of brief points:

Bartholdi was lobbying for a commission to build a colossus that would stand at the entrance of the Suez Canal, which was nearing completion, and was the object of great French national pride. His models were ancient Roman, Greek and Egyptian statuary. He made several mock-ups of a woman in an Egyptian headdress - she was not veiled and was not intended to represent a Muslim or Islam for the very simple reason that Sunni Islam FORBIDS REPRESENTATIONAL FIGURES.

The stupidity on display is quite remarkable, especially coming from the Smithsonian - the fact that all these lefty lib MSM outlets are running with it over Thanksgiving makes it even more obnoxious.

106 posted on 11/26/2015 10:15:43 AM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Note: this topic is from 11/25/2015. Thanks markomalley.

107 posted on 02/15/2020 7:58:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: markomalley
"inspiration from monuments in Egypt"

Any monunumet in Egypt depicting a woman is going to be pre-Islam.
How stupid can the Smithsonian get?
108 posted on 02/15/2020 7:19:35 PM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Little Ray
The artist thought this to be a beautiful woman's face. Say no more.


109 posted on 02/15/2020 7:30:21 PM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: markomalley

Muslims hate liberty and freedom. They are content to be slaves to their oppressive governments and always have.........................


110 posted on 02/17/2020 6:29:50 AM PST by Red Badger (CWII is coming. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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