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...hawks and doves agree on, it is that Iraq needs democracy. No one can doubt that democracy in Iraq would be a boon to the country and to the region. It would destroy the theory that the Arab world is incompatible with democracy and would undermine the loathsome Middle Eastern governments that spread the poison of anti-Americanism to cover up their own mismanagement. As with so many attempts to bring idealism into foreign policy, the problem is in the execution...
...debate over Israel and the Palestinian territories has heated up recently on campuses, questions concerning the right to free speech have taken center stage. For students of Middle Eastern descent, ourselves included, the Constitution’s First Amendment may just be our last line of defense both on and off campuses in the post-Sept. 11 climate...
...central problem: it mentioned only Jewish students and “supporters of Israel” as potential targets of intimidation. Such one-sidedness is worrisome, particularly considering the extent of intimidation, hate crimes and loss of basic civil liberties experienced by those of non-Jewish Middle Eastern descent since the atrocities of the World Trade Center...
Within weeks after the horrible events at the World Trade Center, street attacks against Muslims and those of Middle Eastern descent reached such a level that even President Bush went racing to the nearest mosque to call for an end to the violence. Two weeks after the attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft already had 40 anti-Muslim hate crime cases sitting on his desk. Several mosques were firebombed. A Sikh gas station attendant in Arizona was shot for merely looking like an Arab. Some things have improved since then, but much has not. Last month, the Center for American Islamic...
Free speech for students of Middle Eastern descent has fared little better. This is especially true for those who dare to raise their voices on politically controversial issues. Only five months ago, a Harvard graduating senior, Zayed M. Yasin ’02, was slated as one of the commencement speakers. Due to pressure from students and others, he had to remove the word “jihad” from the title of his speech. Approved by the University, the speech was intended to reclaim the true meaning of the word “jihad?...