Perhaps It’s Just A Day For Bad Optics
UPDATE: Readers advise that the banner has been removed.
Original Story:
This sign has been draped around the Twin Towers tribute at Memory Gardens Cemetery next to Highway 4 in Concord.
Curious visitors asked about it and were told the responsible group had recently acquired a piece of the cemetery and wanted to advertise their service offering.
Visitors who noticed the banner questioned its positioning but staff apparently did not share their concerns.
Photographer Bob Dottery said: “As near as I can tell, it’s legal but it’s going to tick off a lot of people driving by…”
On a day when the leader of the free world raised the specter of December 7th during a visit with the prime minister of Japan, draping a banner advertising Islamic funeral services on a 9-11 memorial also left some folks aghast.
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Draping a 911 Memorial with Islam anything is not merely in poor taste. It is confrontational and meant as such. It is a not subtle message. People really should be aware.
I see your perspective, but could it also be outreach to say the Islamic community is peaceful and 9/11 is remembered by them. There are extremists who use religion to justify their actions, i would not call them religious nor connected to the religion they espouse. Most religions have their extremeists.
The signage was draped deliberately on a memorial for a terrible event perpetrated by Muslim extremists. There is nothing coincidental or appropriate about it.
I agree that this is in poor taste and this will tick off a lot of people driving by. I also try to keep in mind 9/11 was Islamic extremists, and extremists of any sort are a threat to democracy.
3:185 is an EXCEEDINGLY poor choice of words to put there…
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Promotional material on a memorial is kind of a bad look. Do I feel menaced by a cabal of Muslim funeral directors?
I do not.
βEvery soul will taste death.β β¦ on a 911 memorial from an Islamic group. They draped this on it intentionally. It is more than bad taste. It is confrontational and inciting.