Thats why i like this site ,we actually have intelligent people who add to the discussion.
bovril1a ,thank you ,you peaked a lot of curiosity and we had no idea that Bush had received one of these.
I forwarded your post to Dr.Tindal at UCLA and he looked into this also.
He said that Clinton also received one of these ,and in side by side comparison his lab told him the one that Obama has is different in many details ,picked up by his computer imagery .
But it is in no way like the one in Alexandria in the painting i am referring to.
They look very similar, so from afar its easy to think they are.
But the one that Salomon is wearing has Jewels in beaded into it and it was larger.
And he said to tell you your totally correct in your statements about what it symbolizes in its intent.
It seems this medallion or design has been around a very long time in the Saudi Kingdom.
It is a medal of merit ,but it also was once a medal of faithful service to the throne.
Or one like it was awarded to those who were faithful to Islam with a different inscription on the medallion itself.
Tindal says the thing your talking about was introduced in the 1970s.
Except their are variations in it , like a bronze star and a silver star.
And i also was correct in some ways ,the painting i saw hanging in Alexandria Egypt where Salomon is wearing one like this still shows its shape and design are very old.
But bovril1a ,your help opens up a new can of worms here.
WHY were our last two Presidents awarded this peticular honor ?
And why are my friends in Egypt who are Secular Christians ,saying that the Muslims there were ecstatic when they saw that Obama was given that award ?
Right before he went to that Country.
As a standing US President and a Christian i would accept no such award from Islam.
I would have my advance team tell them so to avoid embarrassment ,im there on business not seeking approval.
I studied at the Vatican and at several University's in Italy.
I had to in order to receive my degree.
This included traveling to several country's in order to follow the roots and expansion of modern day Christianity.
I can read some hieroglyphics ,mostly 3rd dynasty.
And i can without a doubt tell you the Egyptians were a pure race.
And Obamas people as he calls them ,in no way had anything to do with the building of ancient Egypt.
Unless they were captured in battle and were slaves.
To me this clam is insulting to my friends over there , they are a very beautiful and kind people.
And by taking this gift from the Saudi King right before Obama came to their country is an insult to them.
These are the Egyptians i know , i see no Obama in these faces ,do you ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHTvCmnzxT0So when we hear the Liberals here say that our Presidents people were building the pyramids long before our ancestors could even talk.
Tell the them BS ,and space aliens didn't help them either.
And in all the years i have looked at hieroglyphics ,i have yet to see a person of (color) depicted in the daily lives of an Egyptian ,and black wasn't a color that was hard to come by.
I have seen plenty of Jews who were of a high position in that culture though.
In fact they still write a modern form of hieroglyphics ,here is one example of the things they do now.
This is the daughter of a man i worked with ,she did this herself and it sort of mixes the old with the new.
She has this as a card she gives to her friends , she gave me this one and she put it on her my space .
American liberal women need to take a warning from these women.
If we continue to allow Islam to infect our society , even dressing like this and being photographed will be banned.
And who will these liberal women run to for help ?
The old clutching our Bibles and guns crowd they tried to eliminate.
