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Protesters disrupted a speech delivered by former Republican senator Rick Santorum yesterday that described radical Islam as “the most difficult enemy the West has ever faced...
...atmosphere became more heated when one student, Tariq N. Ali ’09 questioned the Senator’s facts about Islam. Santorum accused Ali of being an Osama Bin Laden apologist, interrupting his comment and telling him to “stop apologizing for Osama Bin Laden.” [SEE CLARIFICATION BELOW...
...presence of the Reuters photographer did not beat him. 4) Two brigadier generals from Karbala's provincial police were in charge of the scene. 5) The weapon: a Toyota Mark sedan (costs $6,000 when new). Likely target: the nearby Imam Hussein Shrine, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites...
...Some of the bounty of this intercontinental enterprise is on display at Venice and Islam: 828-1797 - an impressive exhibition being held at the onetime seat of Venetian political power, the Doge's Palace, until Nov. 25. Chronicling nearly a thousand years of exchanges with Egypt, the Levant (roughly present-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Western Syria), the Ottoman and Persian empires and beyond, the collection is as eclectic as the history it charts: ceramics colored with Armenian dyes, embroidered silks and enameled glass, carpets and flowing tapestries, maps and ancient texts, elegant portraits of aristocrats and ambassadors...
...much-hyped “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,” begun on Monday by conservatives on college campuses across the country, was met with resistance by Harvard students. While Islamic students took reactive measures, Harvard’s right-wing groups showed little interest in supporting the controversial campaign. Islamo-Fascism awareness events—sponsored and organized by conservative pundit David Horowitz’s Freedom Center—were held at over 200 colleges, including Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia. But the controversial week did not receive promotion from any group at Harvard. Harvard Republican Club President...