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...over Europe, governments and religious minorities are meeting in the middle. Under English law, Jewish religious courts have the power to settle noncriminal cases like divorce settlements. And the Netherlands gives equal government funding to faith schools and public schools, on the condition that the faith schools meet strict nonreligious criteria in their curriculums. These concessions don't threaten the secular state; they just give religious communities the chance to be a part...
...Department had toughened the visa-application process. Candidates had to show "a good reason" for seeking U.S. admittance, not just a need to exit Europe, says American University historian Richard Breitman. "The State Department frequently reduced the number of immigration visas granted below the annual quota levels... by enforcing strict immigration regulations." Why? National security concerns, fear of foreigners - and, some have argued, anti-Semitism...
...do—exceptions should be made. When al-Dewachi went to England to do field research for his dissertation on displaced Iraqis, he could not have expected to become essentially stateless. A Ph.D. candidate in social anthropology, al-Dewachi has been studying at Harvard since 2001 with a strict, single-entry visa. The U.S. applied such stringent rules because under Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraq was viewed as a “state supporting terrorism.” But regime change failed to upgrade al-Dewachi’s status; in fact, it worsened. Claiming...
...mutually beneficial to both parties—it’s nice to have a color guard at a basketball game and it’s nice to show our faces on campus.” The color guard, though, as with many military rituals, is governed by strict procedures, and training time had to be devoted to mastering the steps. “We spent about an hour the Wednesday prior to the game,” Jimmy said, “just practicing our maneuvers and gun manual so I actually knew how to handle the weapon...
...most valuable classes—from counting. We applaud the Task Force for making it clear that this will not be the case in the future.The limited menu of courses in the proposed system, however, will cause headaches. Specifically, students will be forced to take classes that fulfill strict general education requirements regardless of their background or interests.This is particularly problematic in more technical fields, where the gulf between an introductory course and a departmental course is widest. To force students with extensive backgrounds in the sciences to select from courses that “do not strive to train...