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...conflict between Shari'a and Western democracy are right." The problem in Assem's view is that "all men are not created equal, and democracy eventually lets the fortunate over-run the less fortunate." So Hizb ut-Tahrir members don't vote or run for office in secular elections, but have no plans for revolution. "This is a different system here, and our members respect that," he says. "The idea of a caliphate is only now beginning to take hold in the Arab world. Europe won't come around until our example is there to follow." The caliphate would operate...
Lurie, also a member of the Harvard Secular Society, said the two groups discriminate on the basis of religion and that supporting these organizations would violate the council’s constitution. Though the council later approved a grant for HABSK, the Christian Fellowship is still being investigated by the College administration...
...linchpin of this show. He was installed as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany after his uncle Alessandro de' Medici was murdered. He had an obsessive desire for magnificenza and was determined to outdo his ancestor - which, in terms of cultural spending, he did. Never had art and secular politics been brought closer together than in late Medicean Florence. Cosimo's patronage dominated the production of visual meaning and the consumption of art in the city, rather as the ownership of a local TV station might help magnify the image of a determined and self-centered mayor...
Maats: Well, I’ve had it on my calendar for some time. You see, it’s a secular, sexual and religious holiday for me at the same time. She’s such a good Christian girl. I thought a lot about the Lord and also a lot about...
Shortly after 12:01 a.m., Lurie wrote a message to the Harvard Secular Society e-mail list, asking for help postering and handing out flyers...