Word: reassessing
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Fazili's receiving of the Harvard College Women's Leadership Award provides an excellent opportunity to revise and reassess the classic stereotypes of Islam as intrinsically misogynistic and oppressive; it is unfortunate that Dean Avery has not been able to take advantage of this opportunity. Fazili was elected by her Muslim classmates on the basis of the many outstanding qualities Dean Avery cites. Her gender did not enter the discussion until Dean Avery brought it up. Today, as before, the Islamic Society stands committed to the equality between men and women that characterizes the foundations of the Islamic faith...