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...tapestry of communities from different countries (Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, Somalia, various Arab states), with different languages (Arabic, Persian, Urdu) and different ways of practicing Islam (Shi'a, Sunni, Wahhabi). Among them are a significant number of inward-facing Muslims?economic immigrants who aren't particularly interested in learning to speak English, participating in British culture or making friends outside their community. There is little contest in their eyes between the importance of their faith and their status as U.K. residents or citizens. They are deeply disturbed by British foreign policy, especially in Iraq and the Middle East...
...recalls. Not long after she joined the campaign, a handful of Catholic bishops who denounced Kerry's position on abortion publicly suggested that he should be denied Communion. Vanderslice's recommendations that it would be a good idea to return calls from Christianity Today or accept an invitation to speak at John Carroll University were all shot down. But in the final stretch of the campaign, she was dispatched to Michigan, a state whose Catholic voters had longed to meet a Democrat they could talk to. In her first week alone, 72 people walked in the door and volunteered...
...absolutes and what it means to be a Christian, and prayed together. But not everyone was thrilled that people like Brinson were poking their heads into the big Democratic tent. National Organization for Women president Kim Gandy, a Presbyterian, found herself at a luncheon where she was scheduled to speak after Jim Wallis and before Jesse Jackson. She challenged Wallis' vision of a new army of Christian soldiers head on: "I don't want a progressive evangelical movement any more than I want the conservative one we have right now," she declared. It does not constitute hostility to religion...
...Flier's] outlook and experience will position him well to build on the remarkable strengths of our Medical School, to strengthen cooperative efforts within the broader Harvard medical community, to pursue important new opportunities for fruitful connections with other parts of the University, and to speak more broadly to medical and health issues of national and international concern," Faust said in a statement...
...endanger peace and stability across the Straits and Asia-Pacific region." Still, Beijing's reaction lacked the vitriol that often accompanies its discussion of Taiwan issues. In the past that anger has only strengthened Chen and the electoral prospects of his independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). "Whenever they speak with harsh words ... it would give more credit to the DPP and Chen's leadership," says Andrew Yang, secretary general of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies. Beijing, he says, is learning to be "more cautious...