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...forbid images of the Prophet? Not explicitly, but some passages are interpreted as a ban. The Hadith, a compilation of Islamic traditions, specifically forbids the depiction of God and his prophets--including Jesus. Scholars through the ages have argued that such images encourage idolatry, which is regarded as a grave sin. Shi'ite Muslims make an exception for Muhammad's cousin Ali, who they believe was his rightful successor, so Ali's image is common in Shi'ite areas like Iran and Iraq...
...more open travel policy. We argued that academic research into global trouble-spots is imperative today, especially as international tensions rise. We, as students, refused to sit idly by, and rallied for support in our efforts to help address—on some small scale—the grave challenges our world faces, from Zimbabwe to Venezuela, from Nepal to Israel. Our labors, we believe, can make a difference. By supporting its students, Harvard contributes to understanding both at the global level and, more noticeably, at the undergraduate level. When writing on events such as the recent brutal house demolitions...
...Still, can a group sworn to Israel's destruction moderate once in office? Certainly discrepancies between the Hamas charter and its campaign platform suggest moderation is possible, as do initial Hamas statements supporting an extension of the current cease-fire with Israel. But Hamas will immediately face grave challenges such as a bankrupt treasury, nervous international donors and, most importantly, a decentralized security force and the fact that groups such as Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs brigades and Iranian-funded Islamic Jihad are well outside its control. How Hamas handles these three key issues will provide the best guide...
...Iraq, there are growing signs that U.S. forces may be near the breaking point. Some 600 top officials of industry, academia and the military are huddling in the capital this week to figure out how to defeat the lethal "improvised explosive devices"-roadside bombs-that have become a grave threat deployed by the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told some of the military-industrial complex's brainiest thinkers on Monday that "we owe it to the troops" to harness new technologies to squelch the IED threat. Such remote-controlled weapons kill and wound more...
...panel at Seoul National University (S.N.U.) put it bluntly: "This kind of error is a grave act that damages the foundations of science." Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, South Korea's famous stem-cell researcher, had fallen from grace. An S.N.U. investigation into Hwang's groundbreaking experiments in human cloning found the nation's top scientist had faked the results of his greatest success. The scandal was a setback not only for the controversial field of embryonic-stem-cell research, but also for the image of scientists as disinterested practitioners pursuing knowledge and truth...