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...recently learned that Harvard Divinity School accepted money from the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, for the creation of an endowed professorship in Islamic Religious Studies. As a student of Islam, I was pleased that the Divinity School sought to expand its scholarship of religious studies to Islam. However, upon detailed research I discovered that the man donating the money, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, was involved in egregious acts that I could not condone and toward which I could not remain indifferent...
...million given to Harvard Divinity School (HDS) by Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nayhan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) presents a disturbing moral challenge to school administrators. Sheikh Zayed is the founder of the Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-up, a think tank that has been charged with supporting grossly anti-Semitic and anti-American views. Divinity School Dean William A. Graham has wisely pledged to return the gift if the connection between the Zayed Center and the offensive writings can be substantiated. Views promoted on the Zayed Center’s site range from denials...
This is an issue on which principle must override pragmatism. When we accept a gift we implicitly condone its source, and may indeed become guilty by association. Dean Graham has taken an important step by vigorously investigating Sheikh Zayed’s gift, a move that will send a clear message that we will not list criminals and racists among our sponsors. Declining their gifts shows that there is no room for bigotry and corruption at Harvard, not even in our pocket books...
...terrorism analysts see the loose al-Qaeda networks as inherently adaptive to changing environments, and they are likely to have attempted to reorganize and further decentralize themselves to limit the damage wrought by U.S. capture of such kingpins Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Also, as much as the U.S. intelligence offensive of the past 18 months has disrupted al-Qaeda's operations, the U.S. military operation in Iraq has also offered the network new opportunities. Operations in Europe and the U.S. are far more difficult, right now, than they might have been before 9/11, but the arrival of hundreds of thousands...
...Sheikh Zayed donated the money three years ago to create a professorship in Islamic studies, but the chair has not yet been filled...