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...Islamic call to prayer entails some very confident and exclusive claims about truth and revelation. Of course, the HIS students themselves have no intention to undermine pluralism. Yet such an act of faith as a prayer call is not only public; it implies no separation between the private and public, that the ideal society is not the pluralistic one, but one which universally assents to the truth of the religion...
...Harvard baseball team took its act on the road this weekend, escaping chilly Cambridge for a four-game set in the warmer confines of the Sunshine State.But while the Crimson came away from its trip to Florida with its first victory of the season, it also dropped three contests along the way as its record fell to 1-6.Harvard faced off against Northern Iowa in Bradenton, Fla. on Saturday, suffering a 5-3 loss before heading over to Sarasota to lose to Ohio State, 9-7.Harvard split a doubleheader against Lafayette yesterday in Bradenton, taking a victory in the first game...
...their homeland feel it is time to stop being pushed around by Beijing. "His Holiness is a monk, he advises patience," says Nwawang, a 33-year-old chef who fled Tibet for India over 10 years ago. "But we can't leave things the way they are. We must act now before Tibet, our homeland, our culture is wiped out. And now is the time when the entire world is looking at China...
...security trade-off into which Americans have bought. If the misuse documented in the Justice IG report stems from incompetence, Americans may not be getting the security they bargain for in sacrificing their civil liberties. It's also possible the Justice IG may yet find among the abused Patriot Act powers examples of an FBI agent stalking his girlfriend or doing a favor for a political operative friend. Fine is still preparing a report on the illegal use of "exigent letters" in unauthorized demands for records from business...
...responsibility to take the lead in the talks on an accord for the post-Kyoto period after 2012. "By doing this we made a huge step forward," he said. "We are convinced that the costs of these measures will be much lower than if we don't act...