Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worry. This is not another tedious, anti-liberal diatribe from a disgruntled, conservative Crimson writer. It is, rather, a complaint by a practicing Muslim at Harvard--who simply happens to be a dis-gruntled, conservative Crimson writer...
There is an Islamically correct agenda at Harvard. Those who deviate from the agenda are humiliated in front of their Muslim brethern. And worst of all, the primary forum for indoctrination at Harvard is at the holy Friday service...
...sermon fit in perfectly with the new brand of politically correct Islam, the tenets of which include: 1. Islam is the means to all ends. 2. Anything not Islamic is"Kafir" (infidel) 3. Anyone not Muslim is"Kafir." 4. Americans are especially"Kafir." 5. President Bush is the most"Kafir" of all, an anti-Muslims, Zionist Jew. 6. The sheiks in Gulf nations like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and their followers are "munafiqueen" (hypocritical Muslims, infinitely more detestable than kafirs 7. For the sake of Islam, Iraq needs a nuclear bomb. 8. So does Pakistan. 9. And Yassir Arafat...
...brushed up against a stern challenger in Bush. With the cold war ended, Israel no longer enjoys standing as Washington's "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in the Mediterranean. Indeed, the Bush Administration believes the biggest threat to U.S. interests in the region stems from the Arab-Israeli conflict, which gives Muslim fundamentalists a stick with which to beat their moderate, pro-U.S. governments. Moreover, Bush, who has a 70% approval rating, knows that unquestioning popular support at home for economic aid to Israel has weakened for three reasons: America's own pressing economic needs; mounting skepticism about Israel's ability...
Strong public antipathy to aiding private and sectarian schools complicates the Choice debate. The issue is ready-made for grandstanding, even demagoguery. Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, hypothetically asks, "Do we really want tax dollars supporting Muslim schools that teach their students it is an obligation to assassinate Salman Rushdie?" These hyperbolic comments from the senior statesman of teachers'-union leaders underline how divisive church-state questions are in education...