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...Khalid M. Yasin ’07, president of the Harvard Islamic Society, said the Salient is failing to distinguish between the behavior of those who call themselves Muslims and the religion of Islam itself...
With riots raging across the Muslim world over the publication of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the editors of The Harvard Salient republished four of the cartoons in the paper’s Feb. 8 edition, angering a number of student groups...
...We’re obviously offended and angered by the Salient’s decision to publish the cartoons and their articles,” Yasin wrote in an e-mail last night. “It seems the Salient has decided to focus on Islam and I’m honestly concerned about the Islamophobic nature of their features...
...does make a powerful point when you contrast these cartoons with even more vile cartoons from Middle Eastern publications,” he said, referencing a cartoon from the Egyptian paper al-Ahram depicting Jews killing children and drinking their blood, which the Salient published next to the cartoons of Muhammad. “I hate to say it, but provocative content can have meaning...
...that the purpose of publishing the cartoons was to promote “intelligent discussion” on campus, the president of the Harvard Democrats, Eric P. Lesser ’07, said the publication of the cartoons was having a negative effect on campus dialogue and that The Salient is no longer relevant on campus...