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...huge responsibility,” she says. When she first wore hers at age 13, “people threw stuff at me, people I had known all of my life.” Though the hijab is “mandatory” according to the rules of Islam, Tellawi explains that many wait until they perfectly comfortable with their faith before proclaiming it so openly. 2:20- The hijab comes up again. “It is an equalizer,” says Ola Aljawhary ’09, Tellawi’s friend, in the Islamic Society...
This is where Harvard directs students interested in studying Islam...
...back as 1977 and as recently as 2003, Harvard received gifts designated for Islam-related projects. Although all were far less than the size of Alwaleed’s promised amount, some met with similar controversy...
Soon after the November press release announcing the Harvard gift, New York Congressman Anthony D. Weiner wrote a letter to University President Lawrence H. Summers insisting the prince had direct ties to terrorism by virtue of his membership in a government that preaches reactionary Islam. “It seems like this money has Jewish blood on it” Harvard Students for Israel President Amy M. Zelcer ’07 told The Crimson in December...
Currently, Islamic Studies is mostly confined to the religious and historical aspects of the faith, and especially to Islam in the Middle East. At this point, undergrads study Islam through NELC or the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Professors like Granara and Susan G. Miller, a senior lecturer in Islamic civilizations, stress the need for a more multidisciplinary program. “This is a disgrace,” says Granara. “Our field is vastly underrepresented...and increases [in funding] are very much necessary.” Ahmed points to Sufism, Islamic mysticism, as a key area...