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Matthew B. Kaiser, assistant professor of English, is known for his sky-high CUE ratings, impeccable style and profound lectures. This semester, Kaiser’s English 156: “Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture,” drew in an impressive 454 students, according to...
It is, however, a highly controversial and risky course. A previous peace deal failed within months - and gave the militants the space to regroup and sweep away earlier military gains. "It is an attempt on the part of the government to win over a section of religious extremists," says Hasan...
Equally murky are the details of how the new legal system will operate. Other countries provide little guidance in the co-existence of Shari'a and civil law. Iran and Saudi Arabia operate under religious law; Shari'a is applied in limited range among the Muslim populations in India and...
Government officials insist that the ban on female education will be lifted and that the measures will be less austere than the Taliban's in Afghanistan. But Pakistani advocates of women's rights have sounded an alarm, forcefully arguing that the move endangers both the rule of law and women...
With women and men from 47 countries in attendance, the networking permutations were dazzling. Sessions with titles like "Sisters Doing It For Ourselves: Approaching the Holy Texts as Non-Experts," and "Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms," drew activists and lawyers, Islamic scholars and anthropologists. Malaysian investment bankers sat in seminars...