The Crescent of Ignorance
Justin Higgins — Sun, 2005-09-11 16:49
Unfortunately, we cannot ignore the fact that it was a Radical Islamic Group that attacked us on September 11th. We cannot ignore the fact that it is Radical Islam which continues to be the sponsor of global terrorism like that seen in Spain and in London. We cannot ignore the fact that Key Islamic Leaders around the world will not condemn these terrorist attacks. So why are we embracing an Islamic symbol for the remembrance of the heroes of Flight 93? "The Crescent of Embrace" as they call it is no more than an insult to those men and women died standing up to Islamic Radical terrorists.

This is completely outrageous. We are tagging along with Real Clear Politics, Little Green Footballs and Zombie with our call for action against this memorial. Let's not disrespect the heroes of Flight 93 by honoring the religion their attackers used as a rallying cry for terror.
If you feel this "Crescent of Embrace" design is inappropriate for a memorial to Flight 93, you can email your suggestions and concerns to Paul Murdoch, the winning architect, at paul@paulmurdocharchitects.com
or the National Park Service, which will make the final decision on the design, at their Flight 93 Web contact form; or you can call the Superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial at (814) 443-4557, or fax him at (814) 443-2180.
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[...] As my readers know, I
Real Teen » Blog Archive » Crescent Update 2 (not verified) — Thu, 2005-09-15 01:42[...] As my readers know, I did two posts on the Crescent of Embrace. My first post, A Crescent of Ignorance, and my second post Crescent Update both showed how, unintentionally apparently, this memorial was being built in a shape which represents Islam. Here is a rotated picture of the design in question. [...]
I doubt that it was
Elwaysdad (not verified) — Wed, 2005-09-14 08:29I doubt that it was intentionally designed with Islam in mind. The Vietnam Memorial which I have visited on several occasions is also cresent shaped.
However in the light of how 9/11 occured I think it would be better to come up with a different idea if for no other reason than the families of the heroes of flight 93 don't have potentially view that as contradictory or a "slap in the face".
[...] As you can see, the
Real Teen » Blog Archive » Crescent: Update (not verified) — Sun, 2005-09-11 23:48[...] As you can see, the resemblance is too close to be allowed. I do not want to be a conspiracy theorist and say this was on purpose, but even if this coincidental, it should not be allowed. For more info and how to get involved read- THE CRESCENT OF IGNORANCE [...]