Christopher Alam News Today

Todays writers are Laura Taper, John Saurer and Debbie DeBord of Fort Wayne

After protesters clashed with police and halted construction at the park, the city weighed temporarily suspending its ban, amid concerns that outside law enforcement agencies wouldn’t provide backup If needed.

I was born in a Sunni Muslim home in Bangladesh, where I learned the meaning of stern discipline from my father, a major general in the military with responsibilities in the intelligence service. We lived on different army bases in elaborate quarters reserved for officers and their families. Servants catered to our every need. The business and political elite of Bangladesh and Pakistan frequented social events in our home. I grew up attending an Islamic madrasa (religious school), where we stud...