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...marchers in Kabul last week were in their teens and early 20s, the kind of zealous, energetic youths Westerners might have hoped would be clamoring for democracy or human rights. Instead, the cause of their protest was caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, first published last September by a Danish newspaper called Jyllands-Posten, which in the past two weeks have provoked Muslims around the world to denounce not just the offending illustrators but also French newspaper editors, Norwegian diplomats, U.S. troops in Iraq and peddlers of Danish food. In Kabul the protest signs read DEATH TO DENMARK and DEATH...
...sort, and protesters like those in Kabul have a message for the West: Get used to it. Across the Islamic world, daily demonstrations of varying size and intensity have brought hundreds of thousands into the streets--some driven as much by disgruntlement as by religious fervor, but many others motivated by genuine outrage at the perceived desecration of the most revered figure in Islam. Yet even for Westerners sympathetic to Muslims' right to vent their anger, the mayhem that marked the protests last week was as unsettling as the cartoons themselves. A day after mobs in Damascus torched the Danish...
...that big win last year. Yet though the demonstrations are unlikely to bring Thaksin down, they could hobble his second term in office. Says Kasit Piromya, former Thai ambassador to the U.S.: "A leader has to lead a country. You can't lead if every week there's a protest." Here's a guide to Thailand's turbulence...
...resolve the deadlock between president and Faculty. If anything, it could deepen the crisis. DUMA ON THE CHARLES Historically, some Harvard presidents have left office on less-than-voluntary terms, but Faculty no-confidence votes did not play any role. Students deserted the campus in 1675, in part to protest the draconian discipline policies of President Leonard Hoar, Class of 1650, who permitted beatings of disobedient students. Hoar resigned shortly afterward. Harvard students also proved pivotal in ending the tenure of President Samuel Langdon, Class of 1740. Students petitioned the Corporation in 1780 to remove Langdon from his post. They...
...University will pay him substantially more, in the form of performance fees, for his services. His critics should learn their lesson: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The system was doing very well by any standards; there was no need to protest in the way that they did. We are confident that Mohamed A. El-Erian, the new manager of the endowment, will do a fantastic job in his new post. We hope the Harvard community will be more appreciative of the work that he does and not criticize the salary he draws...