October 4, 2002

Requiring Students to Read About Islam Shortchanges Other Religions

To the Editor:

Most people would agree that one of the things we need to do to make this a better and more harmonious world is to try to develop a sympathetic understanding of all the religious traditions and cultures of the human family. Since I believe that this is one of the motivations behind the requirement of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that its freshmen read a book on Islam, ... I applaud it ("Unfazed (and Unconverted) by Book on the Koran," September

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