Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Christian who happens as well to be gay." The extraordinary gesture was prompted by a special 56-page issue of a conservative student magazine called Peninsula, devoted to denouncing homosexuality as destructive for individuals and society. The magazine backed up its stand in part by citing Jewish, Christian and Muslim scriptures. Gomes says he had to speak up because Peninsula represented "moral mugging" and a "particularly virulent form of homophobia...
Tellingly, the first of the articles declares that the reforms are all grounded in Muslim theology. By affirming his devotion to Islam, the monarch hopes to enlist the support of clerics and scholars. Without their backing, Fahd risks losing control of the ideological battleground between progressive middle-class Saudis and conservative religious extremists, who have launched a campaign denouncing secular influences. In recent months fundamentalists have increased their harassment of women who dress "immodestly" and have intruded into homes where people are suspected of drinking alcohol. Fahd's decree bans such actions...
...while Christian, Muslim and Druse communities face restrictions on travel and emigration, none are fully barred from permanently leaving as are Jews. With the stamp Musawi ("Mosaic") on their passport, Jews are the only Syrians whose religious identity appears on internal travel documents...
IGNATIEV'S FIRM belief in secularism is admirable, but he unfortunately places it before the importance of having a diverse, yet integrated community. The placement of the financial burden on students who have religious dietary restrictions, be they Jewish, Muslim or any other, would have the possible effect of cutting off kosher food from campus, and would thus serve to segregate what Berry has correctly acknowledged as "a sizable number of Harvard/Radcliffe students" who have the same right to be fed as all other students...
...Really Have a Choice: Muslim Women inthe Modern World--by Salwa Abdullah, Masjid AlQur'an; Pamel Taylor, master's degree candidate,HDS; Patricia Slechta, Boston University; AsyaAl-Lamke; and Eva Nelson-Mitchel '92. FreshmanUnion, Parlor Room...