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...department's action against the Alavi Foundation in U.S. District Court in Manhattan expands a forfeiture proceeding which began last December against the Assa Corp., a part-owner of a 36-story high-rise on Fifth Avenue. But in what may be a first, the government also seeks to seize additional properties in New York, Maryland, Texas, Virginia and California, some of which house mosques, Islamic centers and schools. (See pictures of America's Islamic community...
Further, I do not know of any case in which the authorities promised a place on a waiting list for a TV in exchange for attending prayer sessions and demonstrations. Tens of thousands of Iranians willingly participate in these events. They need no enticements. Khadijah Alavi Tehran Ohio Visions...
...letter to the editors (Jan. 5), Cheryl Alavi called The Crimson's criticism of the "Cops In Shops" program "inconceivable." Unfortunately, she has missed the point. What is truly inconceivable is the attitude which an out-of-touch, older generation is taking toward underage drinking...
...Alavi wrote, "To describe Scott Krueger's death as a result of unsafe party and fraternity environments rather than underage alcohol abuse suggests that the writers spend more time writing editorials than they do researching facts." It seems to me that she is the one who is spending too much time writing and not enough time researching. Surely you cannot tell me that Scott Krueger's fatal error was being underage. Simply put, he drank too much. And whether he was 15 or 50, he would have had to deal with the same consequences. MICHAEL S. ROIFF...
...angered and disappointed, though not at the Cops in Shops program. Instead, I am hopeful you will reconsider your capricious opinion. Cheryl Alavi, Cambridge Licensee Advisory Board