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...wake of the conservative weekly Harvard Salient’s publication of cartoons parodying the Muslim prophet Muhammad, the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) tomorrow will begin hosting a series of seminars entitled “Islam 101,” geared toward non-Muslims seeking to learn more about the religion. A similar seminar, held during Islam Awareness Week from Feb. 22 to March 3, drew about 60 students and was met with much enthusiasm, said Martin T. Nguyen, a third year PhD candidate in Middle Eastern studies and history who will be leading the biweekly seminars. The program...
...reaction of the Muslim world to the now infamous Muhammad cartoons continues. It is clear that reason will never play a role in that. Zealots and moderate Muslims alike continue to denounce the cartoons as an attack on Islam. What they fail to realize is that a handful of cartoons intended to be published only once is not a war. The horrible irony is that the real war?the terrorists' war?is not just a war against the West. In the end, the overwhelming majority of victims will be Muslims killed by Muslims. Whit Broussard Ottawa...
...violent protests in Muslim countries are not the correct way to oppose caricatures of the Holy Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. Offended Muslims should have written letters to newspaper editors and published articles on the life and teachings of Muhammad. We need a peaceful literary offensive to spread the teachings of Islam to the West. Adeel Ahmed Qureshi Lahore...
...makes the case that Time was desperate for any picture that included the two. If a picture is worth a thousand words, that one says Time has no sense of credibility. David King London Calling for Cooler Heads The reaction of the Muslim world to the now infamous Muhammad cartoons continues [Feb. 20]. It is clear that reason will never play a role in that. Zealots and moderate Muslims alike continue to denounce the cartoons as an attack on Islam. What they fail to realize is that a handful of cartoons intended to be published only once...
...People think they understand Islam through the sound byte culture we’ve got,” Rahman says. He recalls an interfaith discussion group about the Danish cartoon controversy in which some Harvard students asserted confidently that the Muslim theology against representing the prophet Muhammad is a new phenomenon. “They were trying to tell Muslims—me, other Muslim students—what we believe,” he says. “It’s really inappropriate for someone with a cursory understanding of Islam to tell them what they believe...