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Prophet Mohammed statue removed in 1955 NYC...
Prophet Mohammed statue removed in 1955 NYC...
Item # 714498
April 09, 1955
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1955
* Prophet Mohammed statue removed
* Islam - Arabs religious leader
* Appellate Division Courthouse - NYC
* Overlooking Madison Square Park
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Mohammed Quits Pedestal Here On Moslem Plea After 50 Years" with sub head and photo. (see images)
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
Note: In 1955, the Prophet Mohammed, an eight-foot-tall marble statue of the Prophet Muhammad created by Mexican sculptor Charles Albert López was permanently removed, committed New York to keep that pedestal empty as a symbol of the Court’s contrition for having offended and as a commitment to respect the sensibilities of the Muslim world going forward.
At that time, according to journals George T. Campbell, the chief clerk of the Appellate Division, First Department kept, New York “committed itself” to keep “the pedestal empty as an act of contrition” for offending Muslim sensibilities in “having erected a statue of the Prophet Muhammad” in the first place. “An absence would symbolize a presence of mind.”
Category: The 20th Century
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