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...night, Casey led Harvard at the stripe, going 11-of-13, followed by Lin, who shot five-of-six, and freshman Christian Webster, who hit three out of four...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Defense Leads the Way for Men's Basketball | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...maturity could lead him to the ministry. A devout Christian, Lin, who is an economics major, is considering becoming a pastor in a church near his Palo Alto home. "I've never really preached before," Lin says. "But I'm really passionate about Christianity and helping others. There's a beauty in seeing people change their lifestyles for the better." (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harvard's Hoops Star Is Asian. Why's That a Problem? | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...Christian L. Garland '10-'11, co-chair of the Harvard Queer Student Association Students and Allies, said he disagrees...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Saga of the Sissy Shirt | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...Affairs, dismissed the attempted bombing as an "isolated incident which did not point to a wider problem with Islamist militancy in the country." Still, many analysts say Islamic extremists and terrorist networks operate in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, feeding an already tense coexistence between the country's equally large Christian and Muslim populations. Sani blames Nigerian authorities for "negligence and security lapses" that have created a constant threat of violence. "You have numerous groups of extremist religious sects that have been receiving support and sponsorship from nations across the world," Sani says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Detroit Suspect: From Nigeria's Privileged, a Radical Convert | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

...TIME's Alex Perry wrote in July 2009, over the past few years, young Nigerian Muslim activists, most of them educated and from the middle class, have aggressively embraced a stricter version of Islam, rejecting anything Western and Christian. In the middle of 2009, the government cracked down hard on one group nicknamed the Nigerian Taliban - officially called Boko Haram - killing its leader and scores of his followers. Boko Haram had begun life in 2001 as a peaceful group focused on the study of the Koran, according to Abdulmumin Sa'ad, a Muslim scholar and professor of sociology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit Terrorism Suspect: The Nigeria Connection | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

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