Word: yasin
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Unfortunately, this is not the first time Muslims on campus have been alienated. In 2002, the campus was in an uproar because a commencement speaker, Zayed M. Yasin ‘02, was to deliver a speech entitled: “Of Faith and Citizenship: My American Jihad.” Based simply on the word “jihad”—which means “struggle”—and without familiarity of the actual speech, members of the Harvard community tried to pressure Harvard to have Yasin censored or removed...
...print what you want, but just because you have the right doesn’t mean you have the obligation,” Yasin said...
...president of the Harvard Islamic Society, Khalid M. Yasin ’07, said, “The question here is not about free speech— it’s about respect...
...Yasin said he was also offended by the decision to publish the cartoons in Spare Change, a move that he said was irresponsible and offensive to certain ethnic groups...
...This is not a question of freedom of speech,” Yasin said. “There’s a difference between legal rights and what is moral...