Word: yasinã
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...leading academic institution, it does. And so I was glad to hear that Commencement would include an oration by Zayed M. Yasin ‘02, who has chosen to speak on the original spiritual meaning of jihad. And I was glad to see the University support Yasin??s attempt to reclaim the word’s holy meaning...
...have watched with considerable sadness and disappointment as a vocal minority protests Yasin??s speech. At press time, 309 graduating students, 170 other students, 57 faculty members, 551 alumni, 141 parents, 3,460 community members and 68 emergency services personnel—4,756 people in total—have signed an online petition opposing the choice of Yasin and urging the public to consider his background as they listen to his speech. It also calls on Yasin to publicly denounce violence in the name of jihad and the events of Sept. 11 in the speech...
...anything, Summers did not go far enough. While he did condemn a death threat that Yasin received, he failed to address the negative personal attacks that have been made on Yasin??something he could and should have done strongly as a University president interested in maintaining standards of debate within our academic community...
...rain clouds were not the only dampers on the proceedings. Scores of students wore red, white and blue ribbons in protest of the address by Yasin, in which he spoke of the meaning of “jihad” from his point of view as an American Muslim. Yasin??s speech, however, garnered one of the longest rounds of applause of the morning. (See related story...
Gardiner added that she felt that the negative reaction to Yasin??s speech was uncalled...