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...campaigns against plans to build mosques across Europe. In 2007, a petition posted on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's website calling for the government to scrap plans to build a mega-mosque on an 18-acre (7 ha) plot near the site of London's 2012 Olympics drew over 275,000 signatures. That same year, members of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party "blessed," as they called it, a site reserved for a mosque in Padua by parading on it with a pig, an animal deemed unclean by Muslims. A 2004 Dutch opinion poll found that mosques, which...
...architecture and the break with traditions are beginning to influence designers in Muslim nations as well. Sometimes the change is simply a return to the religion's roots. Architect Zeynep Fadillioglu drew on her own experiences praying in mosques when designing the ultramodern Sakirin Mosque in Istanbul. "In the Prophet's time, men and women prayed next to each other," she says. "Lately, with the rise of political Islam everywhere, the women's sections have started to be covered up and boxed off. I've been in mosques like that, and I felt very uncomfortable...
...academic, and referenced Harvard's own recent efforts to promote sustainability and research to address environmental questions. “Steven Chu is a brilliant scientist and an eloquent exponent of thoughtful, creative approaches to meeting the challenge of global climate change,” said University President Drew G. Faust in the press release. “His own career combines leadership at the forefront of both disciplinary and interdisciplinary science with a passionate devotion to education and to the public good. It will be a pleasure to welcome and hear from him on Commencement...
...around in me? Yes, I felt a throw up coming on, but then something stabbed me. In the leg.Was Old Man Grumpy jabbing me in the thigh? When I looked down I saw nothing. But I lifted my bottom just a smidge (not caring a flip now if I drew attention) and pulled up what was below me: my hymnal! I’d forgotten I’d even been carrying it.Now I took it, clasped it tight with both hands. And as I looked up I couldn’t help smirking real big. The queasies...
...says. “He’s been a great teammate the entire time.”Signs of good things to come became apparent when Jones, in his first collegiate game against Springfield, accounted for seven kills and five digs. And while the promise of playing time drew Jones to the Crimson in the first place, the unexpected departure of prized recruit Nikola Ivica pushed the freshman further into the limelight and on to the front lines of a depleted team roster.Always the opportunist, Jones quickly relished his elevated role. “It doesn?...