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...flurry of controversy emerged in 2002, when former HIS president Zayed M. Yasin ’02 proposed “American Jihad?? as the title of his Commencement speech. Students protested Yasin’s use of the word “jihad,” and Yasin later modified the title to “Of Faith and Citizenship: My American Jihad...
...members report the group still feels the reverberations of the 2002 “American Jihad?? controversy, especially the accusations that HIS supported an organization reportedly linked to Hamas...
...Preliminary Report of the Task Force on General Education is thus similar to that behind studying a foreign culture or language; it will allow students to dialogue with a religion’s believers and understand the diversity and depth of religious beliefs. What does “jihad?? really mean? What views on sexual morality do different faiths hold? What is nirvana, and why do Buddhist monks meditate for days on end? These are all common questions that classes in this field could address...
...Citizenship: My American Jihad.” “The speech was about unity between American and Muslim values,” Yasin says.However, Yasin’s proposed address was met with criticism from a group of students who were concerned that the word “Jihad?? would be too offensive to students and family who had lost loved ones in the September 11th attacks. According to a Crimson article published in June 2002, others were also concerned that Yasin had supported the Holy Land Foundation, an Islamic charity which has been accused of channeling...
...have been alienated. In 2002, the campus was in an uproar because a commencement speaker, Zayed M. Yasin ‘02, was to deliver a speech entitled: “Of Faith and Citizenship: My American Jihad.” Based simply on the word “jihad??—which means “struggle”—and without familiarity of the actual speech, members of the Harvard community tried to pressure Harvard to have Yasin censored or removed as a speaker. Yasin even received death threats. And while President Summers...