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How deep is Muslim support for al-Qaeda?
Not very, Kenneth Ballen of Terror Free Tomorrow, which polls in Muslim countries, argues in the new Washington Monthly. He writes:
"Don’t be too alarmed by the apparent high level of support for bin Laden in the Muslim world. Such support is soft, and can be made softer still with the right policies."
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Harvey Cox, the Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard University, marks his retirement by asserting a little-used right of his professorship -- to graze a cow in Harvard Yard. Photo, by Barry Chin of the Globe staff, taken on Sept. 10, 2009 in Cambridge, Mass.
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