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  razib, murtad fitri 6:24 pm on April 23, 2009 | 1 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: apostasy (43), apostates (3), freedom of speech (71), Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (3), Hegemony of human rights discourse (32), Hegemony of human rights discourse watch (29), Islamic scholars (5), religious freedom (20), religious liberty (4), Taha Abdul-Basser (7)

  the taha abdul-basser story in forward:

  Abdul-Basser’s e-mail was circulated through an e-mail list and subsequently posted April 3 on the blog Talk Islam, from which it was picked up by several other blogs. On April 14, The Harvard Crimson, a student-run daily, published an article about the controversy. One week later, on April 21, it remained the paper’s most viewed, most commented-upon article online.

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  johnpi 12:56 pm on April 3, 2009 | 81 Permalink
  Tags: apostasy (43), apostates (3), freedom of speech (71), Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (3), Hegemony of human rights discourse (32), Hegemony of human rights discourse watch (29), Islamic scholars (5), religious freedom (20), religious liberty (4), Taha Abdul-Basser (7)

  On the listservs, there is an uproar developing over comments made by Harvard Muslim Chaplain Taha Abdul-Basser (his blogger profile here) in response to an email query about apostasy stating that apostates should be killed – though they can only be killed by a legitimate “Muslim governmental authority and can not be performed by non-state, private actors.”

  Concerned Muslims who are Harvard alums (or not) are being encouraged to write to Harvard and complain. Some are calling for his removal. Below the fold, the message fragment that is being forwarded around:

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