Word: sheikh
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...murder has never quite been solved. Since the Wall Street Journal reporter was abducted and executed in Karachi in January 2002, four men with ties to radical Islamist groups have been convicted of the crime by a Pakistani court. The suspected ringleader, a British citizen named Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, has been sentenced to death, while the other three are serving 25-year terms. But several other alleged accomplices remain at large, and the man who may have slashed Pearl's throat - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a top Qaeda operative who recently revealed to U.S. authorities fresh details about the Sept...
...Sheikh Zayed made the donation to the Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in 2000 to support the worthy goal of hiring an Islamic studies professor. Unfortunately, it came to light last spring that the Zayed Center has hosted Holocaust deniers and speakers who accuse the United States government of carrying out the Sept. 11 attacks. The Zayed Center was closed by the UAE in August, but Harvard has put the donation on hold for the coming year, “in view of the evolving situation,” according to a University spokesperson...
...should take this opportunity to carry out an independent investigation into the UAE president’s connection to the Zayed Center. The government of the UAE claims that the center’s views are inconsistent with the values of Sheikh Zayed. If this is the truth, the donation should be used to fund the Islamic studies professorship as was originally intended. However, if HDS should find that the Shiekh was aware of the views propogated by the Zayed Center, the money should be promptly returned. No donation is worth indebting the University to practioners of hate and bigotry...
...announced last month that the center would be closed, citing activities inconsistent with the values the Sheikh has professed. Zayed “has always been a strong advocate of interfaith tolerance and harmony among religions,” the statement read...
...hope the Zayed family is out of the business of fomenting hate,” he said, adding “a statement from the Sheikh would go a long way towards clearing things...