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...collegiate press, such as a bill passed by the Illinois legislature earlier this year. Closer to home, the issue of academic freedom was raised by a September speech by former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami. Some criticized Harvard for extending an invitation to Khatami. But a University is a forum for debate and discussion and should invite guests based on their qualifications, not how objectionable their opinions may be. As a world leader, Khatami deserved his place at the podium.Ultimately, our profound respect for the university stems from our belief that the halls of higher learning expand human understanding, challenge existing...
...prove, Harvard desperately needs an organization like Kuumba. I’d like to think that if everyone spent a semester in the choir, things like the “Quad incident,” in which the police were inappropriately summoned to a Black Men’s Forum and Association of Black Harvard Women event a few weeks ago, wouldn’t happen. Being in Kuumba means confronting our differences. And despite these differences, we always manage to find common ground in the music we sing...
...group of black students playing field games seemed out of place. Even with their familiar faces, and t-shirts that read either “the Association of Black Harvard Women” or “the Harvard Black Men’s Forum,” those in the surrounding Houses were suspicious and concerned by this group’s presence. It is disturbing that Harvard students reached the illogical and hasty conclusion that the students playing on the Quad were trespassers...
...safeguarding the rights of its diverse population, an ethnic olio worthy of a Benetton ad: Muslim Malays, Christian and Buddhist Chinese, Hindu and Sikh Indians, animist indigenous peoples. Indeed, earlier this week in the capital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hosted the annual World Islamic Economic Forum, where he held up his homeland as proof that Islam did not equal extremism...
...Earlier this week, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who in December acknowledged that race relations in his homeland were "fragile," hosted the World Islamic Economic Forum in Kuala Lumpur. In an era where Islam is so often partnered with extremism and autocratic governance, Malaysia was held up at the annual conference as a model of a moderate Muslim nation committed to safeguarding the rights of its diverse population. But the Federal Court's verdict on Joy's case, which represented her last legal recourse, may undercut that reputation. After all, is it complete religious freedom if a 42-year...