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...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 fun of everything that's precious to a common Muslim. Insults have a way of hurting, even in a modern, secular world. Mir Shovkat Ahmad Leeds, England...
...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...
...Americans are truly concerned about falling behind, why do they waste precious time teaching religion in science classes...
There remains, however, the cohort of student groups who currently hold precious office space in the basements of Yard dormitories. These organizations—including the mammoth Harvard International Relations Council (IRC)—will be evicted once the renovations of the Hilles are complete. Understandably, the IRC and other basement-dwelling groups are peeved at being kicked out of their central locations and forced to move to the distant suburb that is the Quad. They complain that the conversion of their basement offices into, among other things, social space for the freshman class—as has been...
...Oakland, California, is already deep into her first novel, and she's looking to broaden her subject matter beyond China. That's good for her, but a loss for readers hungry to understand her changing homeland. Li is an invaluable resource. China's post-Tiananmen generation has produced precious few serious authors, and virtually none who can write with Li's fluency in English. It seems that exile has become a requirement for China's most honest writers?the country's only Nobel prizewinner, Gao Xingjian, lives in France?but Li's exile may prove short-lived...