Word: islam
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Tellingly, the first of the articles declares that the reforms are all grounded in Muslim theology. By affirming his devotion to Islam, the monarch hopes to enlist the support of clerics and scholars. Without their backing, Fahd risks losing control of the ideological battleground between progressive middle-class Saudis and conservative religious extremists, who have launched a campaign denouncing secular influences. In recent months fundamentalists have increased their harassment of women who dress "immodestly" and have intruded into homes where people are suspected of drinking alcohol. Fahd's decree bans such actions...
...Harvard Foundation awarded a grant to the Black Student's Association for a project entitled, "Rap and its Influence on the Liberation Struggle," which was to include rap artist Chuck D and Nation of Islam representative Muhammad. It is interesting that Galper does not even include the title of the project in his editorial, but instead focuses almost entirely on Muhammad's participation in the program. Galper quotes heavily from Muhammad's speech, characterizing it as racist, sexist and anti-Semitic. Had we known that this might be the substance of his speech, of course we would not have funded...
...most racially divisive speakers this campus has seen all year." Rather, the project was presented as a discussion of rap and its influence within the Black community and society as a whole. "[C]ould he [Muhammad] be expected not to focus on the divisive doctrines of the Nation of Islam during his speech?" Galper asks. Yes, he could. If we had expected otherwise, we would not have funded the grant...
...widely know, rap has emerged as one of the most popular forms of music, among people of all colors, in this country. What is perhaps not as well known is that much of rap has been strongly influenced by Islam, and particularly by the Nation of Islam, one need only take an introductory course in Islam, or a course on Islam in America, to learn this. It would be ignorant, if not naive, not to recognize this important influence. For these reasons, the Harvard Foundation Student Advisory CommitteeandFaculty Advisory Committee deemed the BSA project one worthy of Foundation funding...
Finally, we would like to address Galper's assertion that "funding a Nation of Islam speaker does anything but follow the Foundation's motto to 'enhance the quality of our common life'" It is neither our place nor our intent to defend the Nation of Islam, but we raise the point that not everyone views every project the same...