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Axis of Evil Announces First Summit in Pyongyang

By Adil Ahmad | July 15, 2004

Axis of Evil leaders seem closer to achieving unity because of their common desire to support worldwide terror than at any time since their covert organization was exposed by President Bush in early 2002. In a joint statement released yesterday, the foreign ministers of Iran and North Korea announced the First Axis of Evil Cooperation Summit to be held in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, early next year.

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Faith under Fire

To the Editor: Some recent articles about material on the Al-Nur website have called into question the role of religious opinions in creating and sustaining a compassionate, pluralistic educational community. Religious organizations at Dartmouth are free to express the tenets of their faith on their websites and in other ways, despite the fact that some of those tenets, especially taken out of historical context, may cause offense to others.

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Down with Obesity

By Kate Chicoge, Huntington, NY | July 13, 2004

To the Editor: I'd like to extend great thanks to Timothy Mosso for writing such a bold and inspirational article about obesity in "America Bulks Up" (The Dartmouth, June 24). People in the United States are way too fat.

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Robinson Hall

The Board of Trustees certainly has good manners. When Charter Trustee William Neukom '64 pledged $22 million to the College in March, his fellow Board members forewent the standard thank-you card and instead handed him the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees.

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Decisively Up In The Air

By Robert Butts | July 8, 2004

When a friend asked me last weekend who I expected to win the upcoming presidential election, I almost caught myself by surprise when the words "coin flip" came out of my mouth.

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A Plus-Size Dilemma

By Dreama Lynn, Tays, PA | July 8, 2004

To the Editor: Does the Dartmouth not have an editor? A fact-checker? Someone who looks at what your guest columnists have written and vetts it for accuracy, at the very least? Timothy Mosso's article "America Bulks Up" misrepresents the purpose of the organization NAAFA, misidentifies the purpose of "Big Fat Blog," states falsely that it is affiliated with NAAFA and misrepresents the true nature of links to the "Center for Consumer Freedom," which appeared on "Big Fat Blog" in the context of a discussion, not in a promotional manner as Mr.. Mosso asserts. A simple check of the NAAFA website would provide accurate information regarding the organization's purpose and the means by which they work to achieve it. Similarly, a simple check of the frequently asked questions page on "Big Fat Blog" would have made it clear that there is no NAAFA affiliation, as well as clearly illustrating the purpose of the site.

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Sickened by Ahmad

By Jonathan Eisenman | July 6, 2004

To the Editor: I have never seen drivel of the equivalent of Adil Ahmad's "Cliches" letter (The Dartmouth, July 1) ever printed in this paper.

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Al-Nur Response

By Sajid Huq | July 6, 2004

To the Editor: This letter, on behalf of the Al-Nur executive board, is in a response to the op-ed titled "Preaching Hatred at Dartmouth" by Ilya Feoktistov '06 (The Dartmouth, June 29) and a letter to the editor titled "Stunned and Incredulous" by Ann Abramowitz and Alan Abramowitz (The Dartmouth, July 1). It is written with the hope of resolving the tensions that have surfaced and, more importantly, to apologize for the offensive material on the Al-Nur website.

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Wright Should Sanction

By Joe Asch | July 6, 2004

To the Editor: Several years ago, when certain fraternity brothers said "Wah Hoo Wah, scalp them bitches," and other brothers published an in-house newspaper describing their sexual exploits, their Greek organizations were subjected to harsh sanctions by the Wright administration under what I described in a May 29, 2001 D column as Dartmouth's unwritten speech code. Now we learn that the Al-Nur Dartmouth Muslim Student Association website contains the passage, "O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me.

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Censuses, Cultures and Empires

By Sajid Huq | July 1, 2004

The persistence of terrorism in India and Pakistan, the Kashmir crisis and domestic issues like the caste system in India make it difficult to forget the extent to which religion is politicized in South Asia. India and Pakistan have gone to several wars since the British left the subcontinent in 1947, and although these wars have largely been wars over territory, the crux of the divide originated with the formation of the nation of Pakistan, whose raison d'etre was to provide a homeland for the Muslims of India.

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Same Old Mindless Cliches

By Adil Ahmad | July 1, 2004

To the Editor: After reading Mr. Feoktistov's article from The Dartmouth ("Preaching Hatred at Dartmouth," June 29), it seems to me that a few Dartmouth students have forgotten that an article or a paper or any piece of writing is supposed to consist of at least a small amount of original thinking. Quoting out of context, repeating the same old mindless cliches (Muslims are required to kill Jews, for instance) and using banal inflammatory arguments (for instance, "...seems to have a fondness for militant violence"), Mr Feoktistov's article is a mere reproduction of any piece written by Daniel Pipes, Michel Houellebecq and other writers who seem to enjoy lambasting Muslims. I could very well have been reading a Middle East Forum article and not one written by a Dartmouth student. I am not even going to delve into the argument regarding the merits of the verses and explanations Mr. Feoktistov quotes out of context because I will then be committing the same offense that I am accusing Mr. Feoktistov of -- namely plagiarism. Muslim writers and scholars have clearly explained the circumstances behind the revelations of the verses and traditions that are supposedly "anti-Semitic" and are available on the internet for everyone to read. As a past president of Al-Nur and board member for several terms, I can, however, assure you that the presence of what Mr. Feoktistov claims to be "filth" is not meant to incite "anti-Semitic" violence or any type of violence for that matter and is meant for "informational purposes" only. Quite frankly, I was quite unable to find the infamous "tanks, guns, missiles, atom bombs" explanation.

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Preaching Hatred at Dartmouth

By Ilya Feoktistov | June 29, 2004

"The Messenger of Allah said, 'The Last Hour will not come until the Muslims fight against the Jews, until a Jew will hide himself behind a stone or a tree, and the stone or the tree will say: 'O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me.

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America Bulks Up

By Timothy Mosso | June 24, 2004

Remember Fat Bastard? Of course you do. Remember when the nude, grease-coated Austin Powers character offered fried chicken to Heather Graham?

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