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2008-03-22 Home Front: WoT
The Adhan at Harvard
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Posted by john frum 2008-03-22 14:02|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top
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#1 It looks like some liberals are saying "enough".
Posted by tipover 2008-03-22 14:37||   2008-03-22 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 By doing so, it comes precariously close to crossing the line between the legitimate creation of awareness and proselytization. Imagine, if you would, a Southern Baptist evangelist standing atop the steps of Widener Library, exhorting passersby to pray, denying the validity to other faiths, and declaring the divinity of Jesus. Would such an activity be congruent with Harvard’s tradition of liberalism and tolerance?
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Perhaps not, but it would be congruent with John Harvard's intention in endowing the school which bears his name. So when did the Corporation decide to betray that donor?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-22 15:00||   2008-03-22 15:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Aaron D. Williams and Diana K. Esposito are graduate students at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Indeed, these two writers would certainly have had the opportunity of experiencing Muslim religious attitudes toward non-believers. I wish them well for the remainder of their graduate studies.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2008-03-22 15:36||   2008-03-22 15:36|| Front Page Top

#4 "I wish them well for the remainder of their graduate studies."

Unfortunately, after speaking up the way they have about the subject they have, I think we'd better wish they live for the remainder of their graduate studies, tw.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2008-03-22 15:48|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2008-03-22 15:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Not too late to switch to a doctorate in shoelace eyelets...
Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek  2008-03-22 15:52||   2008-03-22 15:52|| Front Page Top

#6 They must be pissed that they can't get into the gym when they want any more...
Posted by tu3031 2008-03-22 16:24||   2008-03-22 16:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Would Harvard allow the Apostle's Creed to be broadcast from the steps of Widener Library during a hypothetical Catholic Awareness Week?

The question answers itself.
Posted by Tiny Ulirt4387 2008-03-22 18:02||   2008-03-22 18:02|| Front Page Top

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