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Throughout the lecture at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Yadav addressed the increasingly detrimental proliferation of “takfir”—which she translated loosely as an accusation that another has given up a belief in Islam and its tenets??and the exclusion of moderates among the country’s leadership...

Author: By Marianna N Tishchenko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Visiting Scholar Addresses Islamic Politics in Yemen | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...book. Only here does Jacoby’s thesis—that American intellectual habits have changed—come across cohesively (and with refreshing humor and humility). However, this is only the last three chapters. For the most part, Jacoby’s argument lacks the very basic tenets??rationality, tolerance, and an openness to discourse—she seems to be trying to encourage in society. Many can sympathize with the gist of her argument, but Jacoby gets bogged down in the insignificant particulars of past. While she means to show the importance of our heritage...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jacoby's Unreasonable in 'American Unreason' | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...Second, the VA requests a “concise written description of the main tenets?? of the belief system, as well as “information about the structure” of the organization. The VA should be blind regarding the specific structure and tenets of a religion. As Chief Justice Warren E. Burger wrote in Lemon v. Kurtzman, “This kind of state inspection and evaluation of the religious content of a religious organization is fraught with the sort of entanglement that the Constitution forbids.” Rather, the VA should adopt a methodology...

Author: By Joshua R. Stein | Title: Definition: Religion? | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...when my friend asked for my help, I was more than a little concerned. But I recalled enough of the basic tackle tenets??bend with the knees, ‘club’ the person’s thighs, drive forward with the shoulder and legs—that things went well. Before long, she knocked the wind out of me. Felt like old times...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Transformation From Tackling Dummy to Tackle Savior | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

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