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...most recent video releases by Osama bin Laden and Musab al-Zarqawi - and the reactions to them - reveal that the high-profile jihadist carpetbaggers may be finding it harder to maintain a following precisely in those places where local Islamist insurgencies should provide the most fertile ground. A videotape purporting to show Zarqawi musing on the state of the Iraqi insurgency surfaced on a jihadist web site on Tuesday, a day after a terror attack on the Egyptian resort town of Dahab killed at least 23 people and two days after the release of an Osama bin Laden audiotape urging...
...Afghan who was prosecuted for converting to Christianity and eventually found asylum in Italy: As a British-born Muslim with royal Afghan ancestry, I find it deeply disturbing that Rahman was treated unfairly because of a corrupt interpretation of Islamic law. Tribal leaders intentionally misinterpret Islamic law to maintain power. No one should be forced to accept Islam, for submitting to coercion is not the same as heartfelt acceptance. Such twisted and extreme misuse of Islamic law affects Muslims as much as it affects non-Muslims. Syed Ansar Khan Wimbledon, England...
...professors and to participate in class discussions inspired in me an enthusiasm for learning that would simply be impossible to duplicate by staring at a computer screen, “interacting” with people that I would probably never actually get to meet. If Harvard wants to maintain high quality standards in education, both for its own students and as a positive example to the literally thousands of institutions worldwide that look to Harvard as a model of academic excellence, Harvard must make sure that everyone who receives course credit from it does so only after having been immersed...
...curb further attacks. Both of these positions are untenable. A legitimate government cannot condone terror and the murder of innocent men, women, and children; it is unacceptable to publicly proclaim support for suicide bombings. When Hamas was first elected to power in January, many were worried that they would maintain their advocacy for Israel’s extermination. At the time, we encouraged foreign nations to continue to provide aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to give Hamas a chance to moderate its views. Two-and-a-half months have passed, and Hamas has chosen terror and violence rather than...
...some point, it simply won’t make sense to maintain the existing format,” Meyer said a year before he left Harvard. “There is a point where we would simply move to an external model...