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Bangladesh: Thousands of Muslims march to demand removal of Lady Justice statue as un-Islamic

Feb 24, 2017 1:50 pm By Robert Spencer

A Lady Justice statue is un-Islamic. But we have never seen comparable numbers marching in Bangladesh against, say, jihad terrorism.

“Bangladeshi Muslim hardliners seek removal of Justice statue,” Associated Press, February 24, 2017:

Thousands of people marched in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to demand a Lady Justice statue be removed from the Supreme Court complex.

The statue of a woman holding a scale and sword in her hands was installed in December outside the court building. The sculpture is wrapped in a sari, a Bangladeshi revision of the usual representation, the Greek goddess Themis blindfolded and clad in a gown.

Islamists oppose idol worship and consider the Lady Justice statue anti-Islamic.

Supporters and sympathizers of the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam group joined the protest in Dhaka’s Baitul Mokarram mosque after Friday’s weekly prayer.

A mass movement across the country would occur if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government did not meet the protesters’ demand immediately, said Junaid Al Habib, a leader of the Hefazat-e-Islam.

“Bangladesh is a Muslim-majority country, its 92 percent people are Muslims, we cannot accept any idol in front of the Supreme Court,” he said….

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  1. jayell says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    “Islamists…….consider the Lady Justice statue anti-Islamic.”

    Quite right. Anything honest and civilised and requiring integrity and intelligence IS un-islamic.

    • Jack says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      LOL jayell you’re 100% correct, I couldn’t have said better.

    • Jack says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 2:09 pm

      LOL jayell you’re 100% correct, I couldn’t have said it better.

    • Mirren10 says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 2:19 pm

      Very true. Well said !

  2. gravenimage says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 2:13 pm

    Bangladesh: Thousands of Muslims march to demand removal of Lady Justice statue as un-Islamic
    ……………………………….

    Well, it doesn’t get any more aptly symbolic than that…

    More:

    A Lady Justice statue is un-Islamic. But we have never seen comparable numbers marching in Bangladesh against, say, jihad terrorism.
    ……………………………….

    Of course not. Jihad terror isn’t un-Islamic. Civilized justice is, though.

    • Westman says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 2:34 pm

      You don’t suppose “Lady” is also a factor? The statue implies a woman may judge Muslim men. Considering the integral misogyny of Islam, I would conclude these men have two motives and only express one.

      • Shmooviyet says

        Feb 24, 2017 at 4:31 pm

        Yep!
        How doubly insulting: a woman, of all THINGS, representing “justice” in such a male-dominated, unjust world.

      • abad says

        Feb 24, 2017 at 6:49 pm

        I was thinking the same thing. Add in the factor of the Greek and Roman female deities being powerful, well, such a concept is blasphemous in Islam doncha know.

  3. carl says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    This is outrageous and evil! You treat women so cruelly and it makes me sick!!

  4. Mirren10 says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 2:22 pm

    I wonder how long it will be before ‘American’ Muslims demand the removal of the Statue of Liberty.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 2:32 pm

      Right now, Mirren, it is probably considered too useful to them:

      “Immigration Activists Hang ‘Refugees Welcome’ Sign on Statue of Liberty”

      http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/22/statue-liberty-refugees-welcome-sign-observation-deck

      But if Muslims ever gain enough numbers, we can be sure that Lady Liberty will be a target for being blown up–or taken down. *Ugh*.

      • DRHazard says

        Feb 24, 2017 at 3:37 pm

        Or maybe she’ll get a face veil and a suicide bombing vest. Tucked under her arm will be a quran and the torch will be replaced with a detonator switch. Chains will be placed around her ankles just in case anybody gets the idea that a woman might have freedom.

      • Shmooviyet says

        Feb 24, 2017 at 4:36 pm

        “Ugh” is right.
        TY for that link; miss 2 days of news, takes hours to make up.

    • Dawn says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 3:44 pm

      Nothing would surprise me ! Its the sign of the times

    • DFD says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 4:57 pm

      Hi Mirren,

      I don’t think so. They will just wrap her into a Burqa. Thus showing us how adaptable and accommodating they are. You know, give a lot, take a lot; of course, they do the taking.

      In turn, for such tolerance, the Americans will have to make a minor adjustment to Playboy mag, no more ‘bunnies’! Instead Afghan dancing boys – after all, it’s called Playboy…

      • Mark Swan says

        Feb 25, 2017 at 3:58 am

        Good One DFD

    • Oliver says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 5:02 pm

      I remember reading ( a few weeks ago-well fairly recently, anyhow) that the Statue of Liberty was a MUSLIM WOMAN, and should have a veil and garbage bag around her.

    • abad says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 6:56 pm

      When they do that President Trump will kick their butts all the way back to Syria

  5. Rev g says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 2:42 pm

    But isn’t she modeled from a Muslim woman, like our Lady liberty? ( sarc)

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 3:01 pm

      Rev g is referring to this meretricious article:

      “The Statue of Liberty was modeled after an Arab woman”

      http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/02/statue-liberty-modeled-after-arab-woman/97387944/

      Of course, the sculptor wanted initially to use a classical image in Egypt to commemorate the building of the Suez Canal–a French, not Islamic enterprise. There is, needless to say, no Muslim tradition of sculpture at all. Islam explicitly condemns sculpture and other image-making.

      But apologists are trying to whitewash Islam with bs like this.

    • mach37 says

      Feb 25, 2017 at 3:57 am

      Lady Liberty’s features are clearly Greco-Romanesque, not Arab or Egyptian. Nor would a Muslim woman bare her arms in public, OR her hair.

      • Carolyne says

        Feb 25, 2017 at 10:16 am

        I’ve always read that the lady’s face was the sculptor Bartholdi’ mother, but arms and torso were modeled after his wife, neither of whom was Muslim. If, however, it turns out to be a Muslim woman, it should be removed to Saudi Arabia.

  6. John A. Marre says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    Do they every do anything useful, fun or productive? It’s always anger with these people. They wake up, and the first thought in their limited minds is “Kill Infidels!”.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 3:18 pm

      That’s pretty much it, John.

    • Westman says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 7:40 pm

      I’m beginning to see Islam, where it rules, as just another form of Communism with a twist – “Godfull” Communism. Consider Zakat and Jizya, a method of redistributing the wealth, the daily infusion and expression of Islamic propaganda, and punishment for any “comrade” who deviates.

      Perhaps this is the part of Islam that Pope Francis admires?

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 25, 2017 at 10:18 am

      No, they never do anything useful. This picture of a Muslim man with his mouth open shouting some inane thing should be on the Bangladesh flag.

  7. copakeman says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 3:14 pm

    How many women participated in this protest of the symbol of justice ? ZERO ! I wonder why ? This is another example of the islamic enslavement of women.

    The symbol must be a man holding a severed head.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 3:20 pm

      Any depictions of humans are Haram. So much better just to have real human heads lining the courthouse, as a sign of real Islamic “justice”.

      • Shmooviyet says

        Feb 24, 2017 at 4:44 pm

        Triple “ugh”.
        Agreed! Besides being faster, more realistic, and simpler than having to bother using one’s imagination or talent.

  8. mortimer says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    EVERY LAWYER IN THE WORLD SHOULD BE ALARMED! This is a threat to the FAIRNESS, the IMPARIALITY and INDEPENDENCE of Pakistan’s judiciary.

    EVERY LAWYER IN THE WORLD should rally to this important SYMBOL of IMPARTIALITY and tell Pakistan they expect the GOVERNMENT to take a stand.

    Impartial law must prevail.

    • Oliver says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 5:04 pm

      This was Bangladesh.

      However, the same is probably true in Pakistan, also.

  9. mortimer says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    Correction: Bangladesh.

    The Islamosupremacists must not be allowed to continue their march to ISLAMOHEGEMONY, ISLAMOPARAMOUNTCY, ISLAMOASCENDANCY and ISLAMOSTUPIDITY.

    Destroying this symbol is just SUPER DUMB. Islam is total obscurantism.

    • Oliver says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 5:05 pm

      wrote my comment before I saw your correction

  10. Oliver says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    Just curious- don’t these people ever work?

    How do they survice?

    • abad says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 7:00 pm

      Nope, they are all on welfare just like all recent Muslim migrants.

    • Robeaver says

      Feb 25, 2017 at 4:52 pm

      Money sent back from the welfare roles of the West.

  11. Oliver says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    that is survive.

  12. berserker says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 5:24 pm

    The UK imports millions of Bangladeshis. Very enriching.

  13. Voytek Gagalka says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 5:29 pm

    Warning to any western country: when Mohammedans reach the level of population as in Bangladesh (92%), then kiss good-bye to any “un-Islamic” symbol of justice (and not only justice).

    • Ahem says

      Feb 25, 2017 at 4:52 am

      So, Bangladesh has achieved a level of 8% non muslim already?

      Of interest, at the time when former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, broke away from Pakistan proper the relative ratio in Bangladesh was 70% muslim and 30% non muslim. A generation or so of massacres, terrorism, targeted murders and government sponsored injustice has forced most non muslims to flee for their lives to India or anywhere but a muslim country.

      In all this time the leftist and fake news media organisations of the west, such as the lying filth of the BBC, among many, many others, were happy to accept and welcome sportsmen from these openly genocidal countries in all kinds of sporting events, such as the Olympics or international cricket competitions.

      • Charli Main says

        Feb 25, 2017 at 6:56 am

        @ Ahem
        Well raised point and an excellent example of what hand biting and back stabbing bast*rds Muslims are.

        Most JW watchers, probably have no knowledge of or what transpired during the Bangladesh Liberation War (1971). The Pakistani Army massacred around 2 million Bengalis. Pakistani general Tikka Khan the “Butcher of Bengal” is on record as boasting ” I will reduce this majority to a minority.” ( Chalk. 1990)

        This genocide was ignored by the European Union and the United Nations for some 9 months,

        When everyone else ignored this genocide, who eventually went in and put an end to the slaughter of these Muslims?? THE HINDU INDIANS.

        How were they repaid_ By the gang raping of Hindu women, the killing of defenceless Hindu men and children and the burning of Hindu temples.

        God, I hate these two faced, back stabbing Muslim bast*rds.

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 25, 2017 at 10:20 am

      Say Goodbye to any symbol of civilization.

  14. Susan Mathewson says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    Themis does not belong in Bangladesh, where justice is not wanted, especially for females, by the men.
    Sad but true.

  15. Angemon says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 7:00 pm

    Islamists oppose idol worship and consider the Lady Justice statue anti-Islamic.

    Well, who’s worshipping that statue? What religion worships it? At what time do they gather to worship it? Who leads the ceremony?

    I’ll suggest a small change: rename the statue “slave captured in a war against the enemies of islam” and see if the public perception changes…

  16. Ian from Liverpool says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 7:49 pm

    That’s beyond stupid a statue only becomes a idol if it is worshipped. But then we are talking about the practitioners of the religion of peace and tolerance.

  17. JawsV says

    Feb 24, 2017 at 11:09 pm

    Muslims are Cray Cray – Crazy to a whole ‘nother level.

  18. billybob says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 12:13 am

    “A Lady Justice statue is un-Islamic. But we have never seen comparable numbers marching in Bangladesh against, say, jihad terrorism.”

    …and you never will.

  19. warren raymond says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 12:17 am

    I like how their police deals with these degenerates. They have these long batons and they usually beat the shiite out of them. Interesting to watch. Once you seen it, you never forget.

    • Richard C de L says

      Feb 25, 2017 at 7:53 am

      You mean what is referred to in the sub-continent as a mild lathi charge.

  20. More Ham Ed says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 12:32 am

    Great photo.

    It could be titled “The Mouth of Islam” – same as leftists, i.e. the louder the mouth the more “correct” you are.

  21. Leom says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 3:30 am

    Morons!

  22. mach37 says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 3:45 am

    Muslims sure have big mouths.

  23. ricarrdo says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 4:16 am

    Not to worry infidels, the anti American guilt ridden leftwing useful idiots estimate there is only 50 million radicals out of the nearly 2 billion muslims. Not enough to cause any problems. Just misunderstood.

  24. eagle says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 9:54 am

    The follow-up on this will be another march in NY about the Statue of Liberty. The Muslim takeover marches on! Remove Muslim Keith Ellison from any position within the American Government before he gets a chance to pull the ultimate jihad.

  25. Carolyne says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    I just read that Keith Ellison is vice-Chair of the DNC. What can they be thinking of to put a Muslim in any position of power in their party? Even Allen Dershowitz threaten to leave the Democrats if Ellison were elected. because of his anti-Semitism. Maybe they could appoint Huma Abedin to some position of power in the DNC.

  26. n tesdorf says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 5:56 pm

    ““Islamists … consider the Lady Justice statue anti-Islamic.”

    Anything honest, civilised and having integrity or intelligence is totally un-islamic.

    Perhaps they will compromise by wrapping her in a bronze Niqab.

  27. Owen Morgan says

    Feb 25, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    Typical of the global muslim grievance culture. The statue was installed in December. If the Bangladeshi muslims were offended, protesting then, or even before the statue was put in place, would have been the logical time to do it.

    But no. As ever, the imams need time to make sure everyone has the right level of anger, has a vague notion, at least, of what to be angry about and (in the unlikely event the crowd is expected to shout anything more original than “allahu akbar”), knows what the approved chant is.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Feb 26, 2017 at 4:50 am

      True:
      “the only power the Muslim community possesses is to acknowledge and obey”,
      Fatwa from Salah al Sawy,
      Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America.

      Western readers assume these so-called “demonstrations” are voluntary.
      It is necessary to point out each time that the “demonstrators” are all doing AS INSTRUCTED.
      Anyone who does not obey is beaten up.
      Are they convincing?
      Would you hire them as film extras?

  28. ECAW says

    Feb 27, 2017 at 8:41 am

    test

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