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...want to put your efforts where they’re most needed, and that’s often internationally,” Yasin says. “[But] I want to live a semi-normal life. We’ll see how it all works...
...before Pakistan, Commencement—and Yasin’s long-awaited speech—remain. When it is suggested that the controversy is one big misunderstanding, an extended exercise in wordplay, Yasin subtly acknowledges that things could have been handled differently—but mostly sticks to his guns...
...things have turned out, any use of the word jihad in the public sphere, the Harvard sphere, would have produced such a strong response. Once the word jihad was uttered, such a reaction was inevitable, sadly,” Yasin says. “If anything, this has convinced me more and more that this is a speech that needs to be given...
Commencement speaker Zayed M. Yasin ’02 becomes the center of controversy after The Crimson reports he would speak about the concept of jihad, as applied to the graduating seniors’ lives. More than 600 persons sign a petition protesting Yasin’s selection as an orator. Yasin has since changed the title of his speech from “The American Jihad,” and is still scheduled to speak...
After more than a week of controversy about the title and substance of his Senior English Address, Zayed M. Yasin ’02 delivered a speech about personal “jihad” uneventfully at today’s Commencement ceremonies...