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...result was an astonishing uproar in the Muslim world, one of those revealing moments when the gulf between our world and theirs seems unbridgeable. Boycotts of European goods are in force; demonstrators in London held up signs proclaiming EXTERMINATE THOSE WHO MOCK ISLAM and BE PREPARED FOR THE REAL HOLOCAUST; the editor of the French newspaper France-Soir was fired for reprinting the drawings; Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the publication; and protesters set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus. The Egyptian ambassador to Denmark expressed disbelief that the government would not prevent further reprinting. Freedom...
...professors assailed Summers for his comments on women in science. Discussion of the review fell by the wayside, and the full Faculty did not return its attention to the review until May. Just as last spring’s meetings floundered in the wake of the women-in-science uproar, this spring’s sessions occur against the backdrop of Kirby’s abrupt resignation. Four individuals close to the central administration have told The Crimson that Summers forced Kirby to step down, and professors who believe that Kirby’s departure was orchestrated by the president...
...from Muslim communities in Europe through the Middle East all the way to Indonesia. Its spread has been accelerated by widespread anti-Western anger over the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Western moves to block the development of Iran's nuclear ambitions. And the uproar is being exploited by regimes such as Iran and Syria, who hope to turn the widespread outrage over the cartoons among both radicals and moderates into political support in their own confrontations with the West. The failure of the police-state Damascus regime to prevent the siege of the Danish...
Summers planned to fire Kirby last year, but the plan was put on hold amid the Faculty uproar over the president’s own leadership, according to two individuals who discussed Kirby’s status this month with a member of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the University’s employment decisions are considered private...
Summers planned to fire Kirby last year, but the plan was put on hold amid the Faculty uproar over the president’s own leadership, according to two individuals who discussed Kirby’s status this month with a member of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the University’s employment decisions are considered private...