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...hosted by Harvard College Faith and Action in order to stimulate discussion and thoughts about Christianity. The discussion part, however, will come later, as ushers handed out interest indicators at the door for a potential debate next Wednesday about whether or not Christianity is good for the world...
FlyBy surreptitiously snuck into the large auditorium at Paine Hall, expecting some sort of commotion as people try to answer the ultimate question: Is Christianity good for the world? But, as this is Harvard, the large room sat a scattered group of pensive-looking students watching the screening of the new documentary “Collision...
...actions - particularly the seizure of the four mosques in New York, Maryland, California and Texas - could also sour the Muslim world toward Obama. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington advocacy group for American Muslims and itself often a target of criticism from conservatives, warned that the move could constitute a chilling effect on religion, and send a very negative message not only to people of faith, particularly American Muslims, but to Muslims worldwide. "Already we're seeing around the Muslim world headlines saying the United States government seizes American mosques," he said...
Regardless, she said, there will likely be negative reaction in the Muslim world. It's delicate, she said. "The President's going to have to make clear that it's not intended to be in any fashion disrespectful of the act of worship...
...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on Obama's trip and can rightly claim that her department is a key player on policy in this part of the world. That policy weight comes from Steinberg, a China expert and former Deputy National Security Adviser who is staying in Washington during the trip. He has been largely responsible for designing the Administration's approach to Asia, which is to focus on reassuring both long-term allies and China that the U.S. seeks increased cooperation in areas of shared interest. Kurt Campbell, a centrist Clinton White House and Pentagon official, will have...