Word: imran
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While we appreciated The Crimson's recent coverage of Islam Awareness Week (Nov. 7-11, 1994), we were disturbed by The Crimson article ("Author: West Wars against Islam," news story, Nov. 9) on the speech of Imam Imran Hosein. Rather than focusing on the content of the speaker's presentation, the article only rehashed false but popular stereotypes of Muslims. Such a portrayal was a keen disappointment, especially in week observed by Muslim organizations nationwide with the hope of increasing the community's understanding of Islam...
...Imran Hosein spoke on "Islamic Family Values: the Sacred Place of Marriage in Islam." But the headline and lead of the article focused instead on comments the speaker made at the tail end of the presentation in response to a question fielded from the audience these comments had little to do with his discussion of gender, family, and spirituality. By highlighting his political views and not the bulk of his presentation. The Crimson misrepresented the speaker's overall message...
Students who attended Imran Hosein's lecture were shocked by The Crimson's characterization of the speech. It seems that the reporter sought to highlight the most potentially provocative or controversial aspects of the lecture. In doing this, however, and in stripping the speaker's points of the context in which they were made, the article distorted the speaker's message and content. Consistent with this inattention to journalistic standards found in The Crimson's coverage was the misspelling of the name of the holy book...
...West is waging political war-fare on the Muslim world, author Imam Imran Hosein said last night in a Harvard Hall speech on the sacred aspects of marriage in Islam...