Letter: Lady Liberty modeled on Muslim woman
To the editor,
–Those agitated by what Bill O’Reilly of Fox News calls “The Dramatic Muslim Invasion” may find a soothing tonic in the history of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was modeled on a Muslim woman.
Our uniquely American icon beckoning the world’s refugees and immigrants to freedom on our shores was designed as a representation of an Egyptian peasant woman. As we confront the largest refugee crisis since WW II, which we helped create by invading Iraq and providing battle-field experience to Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI, the parent of ISIS), it may be wise to remind ourselves of the origin of the Statue of Liberty.
The statue, proposed as a gift to Egypt to commemorate the 1869 completion of the Suez Canal, was conceived and designed by two Frenchmen, including Gustave Eiffel the Eiffel Tower creator, as a colossal monument to the industrial achievement. After Egypt rejected the plan, the gift was offered to America as “Liberty Enlightening the World.” Erected in 1886, it stands as a beacon for a nation founded on principles transcending national origin, racial identity and religious affiliation.
Check out The Smithsonian’s, “The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman.”
–David Broadwater of Atascadero
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