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...from prison on the condition that he would not preach against the state. But residents in the neighborhood fear that the vigilante squads will soon be back. Talibanization doesn't start with a military takeover. It happens when there is a Red Mosque in every city and citizens are afraid to stand up to its edicts. (See pictures of Osama Bin Laden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Pakistan Failed Itself | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...world. Our community doesn't feel the same sense of being under siege. President Obama and his election symbolized to us that America no longer wanted it to be "us" versus "them" - it's going to be more inclusive and tolerant. I think right now people are more afraid of a Mexican guy with a cough than an Arab guy. I don't think people love us, but the anger has passed. (Read "Ignoring Arab-Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arab-American Comedy in a Post-9/11 World | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...Kwong is not afraid to break with either affiliation if he sees the need to do so—though he once edited the Harvard Salient, he later resigned from the publication and lambasted it in an editorial in The Harvard Crimson for being representative of a “fringe minority” of the conservative movement. [SEE CLARIFICATION BELOW...

Author: By Spencer H. Hardwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Building Bridges, Shattering Stereotypes | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...tight,” Nesson says. “We’re just clutched up in a number of ways…We’re not willing to be real. And the reason we’re not real is that somehow we’re afraid that some people will disapprove of us for being real...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Building the Public Domain, Part I | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

...future, and his budget includes relatively few the-Lord-shall-provide accounting gimmicks by D.C. standards. He knows its potential cuts could sound nasty in a 30-second ad, but he wants Republicans to stop running away from limited-government principles. "We've got to stop being afraid of the politics," he says. "At this point, what have we got to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Year Ago: The Republicans in Distress | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

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