Word: religion
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...scared of getting dehydrated and exhausted,” said Iqbal. “My coach is really awesome about Ramadan. She’s totally fine with me taking a month off.” Students also view Ramadan as an opportunity to share their religion with others. “Every iftar is open to everybody in the community,” said Tellawi. Local South Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants cater the dinners hosted in Ticknor Lounge, with expenses covered by HIS. Dinners serve Halal meat and are free to students on the Harvard meal plan...
During a speech in an academic setting two weeks ago, Benedict XVI said something that offended many people and made headlines around the world. By way of introducing a discourse on the tension between religion and reason, he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who argued that Islam contained “evil and inhuman” elements. Muslims around the world objected to the quotation...
...speech. According to news reports, Vatican officials had concerns beforehand about how it would be received by Muslims. But the pope, a former theology professor who crafts his own addresses, hoped that his words would begin a global dialogue about the problem of violence perpetrated in the name of religion...
...insisted that religion did not need to divide Indian society...
...Sept. 26 news article misquoted Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks on religion. Mukherjee did not say that India has had trouble dealing with "major influences from outside, like Islam and Christianity." In fact, according to a transcript of the speech provided by the Harvard South Asian Initiative, Mukherjee said, "Traditionally, India has been an open society. It has received and absorbed major influences from outside, like Islam and Christianity, and radiated its composite cultural influences outward." The defense minister added that Indian's Muslim population has "begun to embrace modernity," and that "all the different segments of India...