PA Memorial to Islam

[Deacon]

"There's a growing outcry that one element of the newly chosen Flight 93 National Memorial represents Islam and is a slap in the face to the passengers and crew members who died on the hijacked plane four years ago."

Says the Rev. Ron McRae, Somerset County "Anabaptist" evangelist -- "It's a memorial to the terrorists. It's not a memorial to the innocent Americans who died there."

The winning design, called the "Crescent of Embrace" calls for two rows of red maple trees to be planted around a bowl-shaped piece of land adjacent to the crash site.

Click here for article: => Memorial's crescent shape criticized as inappropriate

Rob

 

[Bro. Curtis]

Hi Rob.

That memorial was nixed, it won't happen.

Also, the IFC in NYC met the same fate. There are still proud Americans around.

 

[Johnv]

Upon viewing the artists' renderings, it's clear that the overall shape of the memorial has nothing to do with Islam. In fact, the Muslim symbol is a "lunar" crescent with the opening to one side. This design is a bowl-shaped crescent with the opening on the bottom.

The similarity is highly subjective. Overall, it looks like a fine design to me. But as noted above, the design has since been nixed. But I think the evangelist in the story is looking for things that don't exist.

 

[Deacon]

Bro. Curtis, can you give any documentation regarding the change of design?
Official Flight 93 National Memorial Announcement

Rob

 

[Bro. Curtis]

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_4082255,00.html

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/54347.htm