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...Islam Embraces Women...
Fazili's receiving of the Harvard College Women's Leadership Award provides an excellent opportunity to revise and reassess the classic stereotypes of Islam as intrinsically misogynistic and oppressive; it is unfortunate that Dean Avery has not been able to take advantage of this opportunity. Fazili was elected by her Muslim classmates on the basis of the many outstanding qualities Dean Avery cites. Her gender did not enter the discussion until Dean Avery brought it up. Today, as before, the Islamic Society stands committed to the equality between men and women that characterizes the foundations of the Islamic faith...
...half century of war. While the Palestinians are chagrined that the pontiff's hosts in the Holy City will be the Israelis, Israel is unhappy that he'll meet with the Palestinian Authority-appointed Grand Mufti on the Temple Mount, a site on which the third-holiest site in Islam - the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock - is built atop the ruins of Judaism's holiest temple. "The Palestinian Authority will do everything in its power to make the trip appear to confirm its claim on East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital, while the Israelis will...
...Other Islam Awareness Week events include a speech by Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology David G. Mitten, tonight and a panel discussion tomorrow, entitled "Islam in the Modern World...
...Islam has over 1.6 billion adherents worldwide and is the fastest growing religion in the U.S. and the world...