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...generation of conservatives in the West, they would affirm the assertion by Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, a former Vatican Foreign Minister under John Paul, that "in this crazy world, he is the only moral reference." Then, too, a remarkable number of fans came from other creeds. The Rev. Billy Graham said, "He'll go down in history as the greatest of our modern Popes. He has been the strong conscience of the whole Christian world." "We believe the world needs him because he speaks for peace, for the poor and the deprived," said Chief Mufti Selim Mehmed, head of Bulgaria...
...Forum was first envisioned nearly 30 years ago at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) by Associate Dean Ira Jackson and then-Dean Graham Allison, now Director of KSG’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Allison proposed mirroring the Forum on the Greek agora, an arena of conversation, politics, philosophy, and commerce. Over the past 27 years, the Forum has attempted to embody these characteristics, hosting more than 1,700 events seen by live audiences totaling more than 500,000 people with millions watching on cable television, teleconferencing, and the Internet. Since its inception...
...August 2003, the position was suspended and the UAE closed the Zayed Center, but in December of that year, Graham announced that the school would make an appointment in Islamic studies—financially backed by special University funding—to replace the controversial Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Professorship...
...announce that we are going forward with this important appointment in Islamic religious studies, so that we can advance our mission at HDS to provide teaching and scholarship about the world’s religions with the greater aim of promoting understanding and dialogue among them,” Graham said at the time, adding that he hoped to find someone to fill the position as early as the 2004-2005 academic year...
Thomas Professor of Divinity Leila Ahmed said Johansen specializes in “early classical Islam, particularly Fiqh, which is a kind of religious law, focusing on relations between the legal and ethical laws of Islam.” According to Ahmed, Johan will compliment the role played by Graham, who is also an Islamic scholar...