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...preach but to insist upon my right, and others’, to a conversation full of respect and free of intimidation, one that presumes no monopolies on suffering, one in which all racism and anti-Semitism—whether against Semitic Jews, Semitic Christians, Semitic Druzes or Semitic Muslims??is equally impermissible. I am troubled that Dershowitz escaped former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ criticism when he endorsed Israel’s torture of Palestinian prisoners. And Wisse’s ghastly 1988 description of Palestinian refugees as “people who breed and bleed...
...American Muslim collective is diverse, as demonstrated by Barrett’s seven categories, but some elements of each category can surely be found in each American Muslim, and this reality does not come across. Still, Barrett’s reflections on the fissures that exist between American Muslims??important issues of Shiite versus Sunni, blame for Sept. 11, degrees of orthodoxy, gender, and race—even as they fight for unity are both necessary and insightful. Despite its shortcomings, “American Islam” provides a much-needed look into the lives...
...Pakistani-born Falkner, who gained British citizenship in 1983, is a member of the “front bench,” or party leadership team, of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom. Appointed to the House of Lords in 2004, she is one of a half-dozen Muslims??and just two Muslim women—in the upper parliamentary chamber. The baroness looks forward to following the 2006 U.S. mid-term elections up-close. “I’ve always had an interest in U.S. politics as a parliamentarian...
...nearly half of Americans recently voiced support for systematically curtailing the civil rights of Muslims, and 85 percent of American soldiers in Iraq believe that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and that is why we invaded Iraq. America has become ready to believe the worst of Muslims??without regard for evidence. There are many directions in which our country can be taken by this age of righteous innuendo; none are good.John Schoeberlein ’94 is the Director of Harvard’s Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus and a lecturer...
...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.”Rahman is concerned about replacing dialogue with columns...