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...Islam in the West today, however, he would do better to implore Muslims around the world to protest any and all acts of violence, intimidation and terrorism committed in the name of Allah. Until then, how can Ramadan blame anyone for fearing Muslim immigration? Only when Muslims learn to accept Christians and members of other religions will they no longer be taken as a threat to world peace. Jack Treese Simi Valley, California, U.S. I would like to ask Ramadan three questions. If Islam is a European religion, why are other European religions not permitted in many Islamic countries...
...same type of diversity on the other established student run institutions, like the Institute of Politics, Harvard Student Agencies, and our very own Harvard Crimson, where the issues that were made so apparent to the student body this election cycle exist in similar if not worse conditions. If we accept barriers of race, gender, and class among Harvard students, where they are so easy to eradicate, then we cannot take them on in the real world. Harvard is the microcosm; Harvard is where we must start...
...part of her goal of peace among Jews and Arabs, Darwish founded Arabs for Israel, which calls on Arabs and Muslims to accept Israel as a “blessing to our neighborhood,” according to the group’s Web site...
India has complained for years that Western double standards have stopped it from importing the nuclear technology and materials it needs to modernize its civilian nuclear industry. Delhi understands that developing nuclear weapons has earned it the disapproval of the West, but Indians don't accept that they should be denied weapons systems that are the strategic mainstay of powers such as China and Russia. So, you might think the news that the U.S. Congress has passed a bill that bends those rules and allows India to import nuclear fuel would be celebrated in this energy-hungry economic powerhouse...
...China Lawyers Association, a national organization that attorneys are required to join, issued new guidelines stipulating that law firms should assign only "politically qualified" lawyers to handle cases involving joint litigation by 10 or more plaintiffs or issues related to safeguarding rights. Lawyers taking such cases were ordered to "accept supervision and guidance" or else be subject to punishment. According to a lawyer involved in the drafting of that document, "the original was intended to increase protection for lawyers, but then higher authorities intervened and made it do just the opposite." The authorities' strategy, says Nicholas Becquelin, Hong Kong representative...