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...bolstered the perception that the divide between Islam and the West is growing. Ansarullah Mawlavezada, the judge in charge of Rahman's fate, defends the independence of the Afghan judiciary. "In the West you allow two women to get married because that is the law, and I respect that. In Afghanistan we have Shari'a law, and the people respect and accept this," he told TIME last week. "Shari'a law is very clear." Perhaps, but how it can coexist with Western values...
...have real respect for what she does,” Connor said, adding that her intelligence carried through every performance. “The only drawback is that she takes all the good parts...
...Meanwhile, the judge presiding over the case has rejected international calls for leniency and warned the Karzai government not to interfere with the judicial process. Ansarullah Maulavizada appealed for the West to respect the independence of the Afghan judiciary. ?In the West you allow two women to get married because that is the law and I respect that,? he told TIME. ?In Afghanistan, we have Sharia law and the people respect and accept this...
...generations. The quaint submission to one’s elders is liable to be caricatured as a dogmatic adherence to that bothersome fourth commandment, but I’d like to think it’s far more sensible than that—you might call it honor, or respect, whatever you choose to term it. As long as parents are the ones paying for room and board, my fellow students’ only right at this University is to learn or to leave.Perhaps Harvard should reevaluate the issue of co-ed housing, but I have a modest proposition. Ignore...
...First a disclaimer. Not having lost a loved one in the conflict I approach the question with a deference, and respect and profound humility to those who have. Was the war worth it? Yes and a qualified No. Yes in that, in view of our shared vulnerabilities after the mass murders we experienced, some version of the Bush Doctrine (pre-empting threats before they fully emerge and promoting and advancing civil society and democracy when we can) must be institutionalized as our national geopolitical strategy. It is an existential question. When we faced a similar global, ideological threat sixty years...