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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ implicit message for the next president is to be a soft-soaping glad-hander, avoid controversial topics, and stick to a politically correct ideology which won’t offend the fragile egos in your midst. Raise money, wear the suit well, and fly under the radar, and my hunch is you’ll be their hero...
...Free-Speech Lessons Re "A right to offend?" [Feb. 13], on the controversy over the Danish newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad: As a liberal Muslim practicing medicine in Britain, I am very much integrated into the Western world. Still, I know that the Prophet is so close to every Muslim's heart that you could probably not hurt Muslims as much by caricaturing God. The Muslim world has unfortunately been hijacked by its real enemies, the Islamic terrorists. While moderate Muslims are trying to find their voice and salvage their religion, the Western media help the radicals by making...
...Right to Offend?" [Feb. 13], On the controversy over the Danish newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad: As a liberal Muslim practicing medicine in Britain, I am very much integrated into the Western world. The Muslim world has unfortunately been hijacked by its real enemies, Islamic terrorists. While moderate Muslims are trying to find their voice and salvage their religion, the Western media help the radicals by making fun of everything that's precious to a common Muslim...
...obviously realized that it was not her intent to offend,” he said last night...
Kidd’s comment was not intentionally aimed at Muslim students, nor was it meant to offend. But the fact remains that many students on campus were hurt that a dean would insinuate that they were a danger to others. This insinuation is inexcusable. To intimate that Muslim students would become violent and act in barbaric ways has left them more vulnerable in a time of growing Islamophobia, a time when they are most in need of support...