To the Editor: I am increasingly disturbed by Ilya Feoktistov '06's penchant in his article for fomenting racial and religious disharmony and encouraging an atmosphere of fear in the midst of our Dartmouth community ("Allahu Akbar and a Bang," Jan.
We have a visitor today who once said,"Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most." I speak for all of Al-Nur, the Muslim student association on this campus, and for other concerned students when I say that it is troublesome that Daniel Pipes, to whom the above quote is attributed, is visiting Dartmouth.
Who so ever kills an (innocent) human being, for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and who so ever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind" -- The Holy Quran: Al -- Ma'dah Verse:32) The Quoted Verse from the Holy Quran (believed to be the perfect and last of a number of heavenly revelations, according to Muslims) is witness to the faith of tolerance, respect and peace -- the faith which I amongst many Muslims, both at Dartmouth and around the world adhere to.