November 5, 2010
To the Editor,
Rhonda, I really enjoy every issue and share some of your articles with american friends.
Your interview with Justin Trudeau prompted my sending you this. Not sure if you watched the 60 Minutes interview with the developer of the Manhattan muslim project, but the architectural model/drawings struck some of us instantly as being constructed of broken/distorted magen davids.
What’s your opinion?
Anne (Lerner), former Winnipegger
Vancouver
Only look at the first few photos. Do you see the whole facade appears composed of distorted magen davids (and crosses, but mostly magen davids)?
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Ground-Zero-Mosque-Plan/ss/events/us/072210mosquewtc
On the 60 Minute episode (below), the model shown by the developer had an image of the floor inside that led to the mosque area of the development. The floor in this area appeared to have a design of a large magen david and the shadow of one cast through the exterior wall…. therefore symbolically it is constructed of destroyed jewish symbols and people walk on a jewish symbol on their way to pray? How can this be allowed…. it’s like permanent hate graffiti.
http://www.dnainfo.com/20100927/downtown/park51-imam-defends-mosque-project-on-60-minutes
Editor: I believe that I learned from my archeologist friends Haskel and Tina Greenfield ( who live in Winnipeg but conduct archeological digs in Israel, and elsewhere) that the Magen David was also a symbol in Moslem culture and can be found not only on Jewish buildings. I will re-check with them. There is also a Magen David on a Toronto municipality building, because historically the Magen David was used not only as a Jewish symbol.