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Which is why, thankfully, this is a view held by the slim minority of the students on campus. And it seems to emerge from their religious beliefs. These are the same people, who, a month ago, were crying bloody murder over the violent Muslim reaction to the Danish cartoons. Muslims, they huffed, were imposing their backward dogmas on the liberal West. It turns out Harvard’s conservatives are just as imposing and just as medieval. The irony, as the writer Arundhati Roy once put it, is enough to make a skull smile...
...violent protests in Muslim countries are not the correct way to oppose caricatures of the Holy Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. Offended Muslims should have written letters to newspaper editors and published articles on the life and teachings of Muhammad. We need a peaceful literary offensive to spread the teachings of Islam to the West. Adeel Ahmed Qureshi Lahore...
...ability to balance national security interests with the public’s right to know. Rather said he thought sensitive information should be printed and that the burden ought to be placed on the government to prove why information should not be printed. Of the recent controversial Danish cartoons, Rather said that while he thinks the Danish newspaper was right to publish them, “it might not have been the right thing for everybody, everywhere.” “I’ve seen politicians speak and it was clear that Rather was very aware...
...Scandinavian countries and could withhold the supplies in protest. Muslims must become independent of Europe by making themselves strong enough economically and technically. Noor Uddin Islamabad The violent protests in Muslim countries are not the correct way to oppose caricatures of the Holy Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. Offended Muslims should have written letters to newspaper editors and published articles on the life and teachings of Muhammad. We need a peaceful literary offensive to spread the teachings of Islam to the West. Adeel Ahmed Qureshi Lahore Why are Muslims who question Islamic traditions, history and dogma often persecuted...
...actually inhibits us from doing things.” FM must be laughing really hard because nothing is getting done and we just feel really trapped right now. It was a nice interview, though; here are some things we discussed: FM: What’re your thoughts on the Danish cartoon business? MANKOFF: To me, the idea of ridicule as a capital offense, you know, is something I am not willing to accept. Part of the freedom of humor is the freedom to be wrong—to be, even, stupid, and sometimes, even to be insensitive. I don?...