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...jihadists penetrate the Guantanamo prison facilities that the U.S. military uses to house suspected terrorists? It seemed to be a possibility when U.S. officials leveled charges this fall against a Muslim Army chaplain and two base interpreters. But the notion that U.S. personnel were working for the enemy took a knock last week when the cleric, Captain James Yee, was freed from pretrial detention in a naval brig to work in the chaplain's office at Fort Benning, Ga. Yee still faces charges that he improperly took classified material from the prison, but suspicions that he might...
Since Yee's arrest in September, Guantanamo inmates have had no chaplain. Yee's replacement is to arrive this month--but will not be allowed any contact with the detainees. --By Johanna McGeary. Reported by Viveca Novak/Guantanamo, Eli Sanders/Seattle and Elaine Shannon/Washington
...Institute is “based on the classic gradual approach, beginning with mind-training and concluding with advanced Vajrayana deity practice.” The institute offers classes studying various Buddhist texts, as well as meditation. The Venerable Lama Migmar, who is also Harvard’s Buddhist Chaplain, founded the Manjushri Temple in 1996, which is based on the teachings that seek to “integrate Buddhism into our daily routine.” Some of the classes have requirements or require permission to attend—call the Center for more information...
...Chaplain to Harvard College and Assistant Minister in The Memorial Church Mark D. W. Edington offers his own theory. He calls Sannwald “a conscientious objector [who was] sent as a medic in the eastern front…where he perished. That was the whole idea of sending him there, I imagine.” The letter from Grabau also claims that Sannwald may have been an objector and that drafting him was a convenient way of getting...
Currently reading: David Quammen, Monster of God; Richard Dawkins, The Devil’s Chaplain...