<div dir="ltr">This is a great loss and a surprise. I've been communicating with him regularly and his only issue appeared to be a successful recovery from bladder cancer.<div>Ghazi and I were on the 3rd floor Admin for decades, but I only became close to him when his sons decided to major in philosophy. The eldest Asif is a professor at Princeton and has an international reputation in neurobiology and psychology.</div><div>Ghazi's CV is impressive with dozens of articles in nearly all areas of economics with a focus on economic history. He was devoted to showing that Christians in the Middle Ages and our founding thinkers were influenced by Islamic thought.</div><div>Our friendship deepened considerably after 9/11, when I resolved to know more about Islam. Ghazi showered me with books and articles, more than I was able to read. I started writing columns on Islamophobia and two of them can be found at <a href="http://webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/CivilRights.htm">webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/CivilRights.htm</a> and more can be found at <a href="http://nfgier.com">nfgier.com</a> (search Islam Muslim).</div><div>None of this work could have been done without Ghazi's encouragement and bibliography. Our closest collaboration was on Vasco da Gama, hero to the Portuguese but hated in India because of his slaughter of Hindus, Muslims, and even Christians because they were not Roman Catholics.</div><div>Ghazi will be sorely missed. Condolences to his lovely wife and three children.</div><div>nfg</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:11 PM Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 12, 2021 8:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>>; Keely <<a href="mailto:siyocreo@live.com" target="_blank">siyocreo@live.com</a>>; Jeanne McHale <<a href="mailto:jeannemchale@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jeannemchale@hotmail.com</a>>; Dr. Rula Awwad-Rafferty <<a href="mailto:rulaa@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">rulaa@uidaho.edu</a>>; Ellen Roskovich <<a href="mailto:ellenroskovich@gmail.com" target="_blank">ellenroskovich@gmail.com</a>>; Fritz Knorr <<a href="mailto:fritzknorr@gmail.com" target="_blank">fritzknorr@gmail.com</a>>; Joan Klingler <<a href="mailto:joanklingler@gmail.com" target="_blank">joanklingler@gmail.com</a>>;
Joann Muneta <<a href="mailto:jmuneta@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">jmuneta@uidaho.edu</a>>; Kenneth Faunce <<a href="mailto:kfaunce@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">kfaunce@uidaho.edu</a>>; Linda Pike <<a href="mailto:lindaopike@gmail.com" target="_blank">lindaopike@gmail.com</a>>; Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>>; Nancy Chaney <<a href="mailto:nchaney@moscow.com" target="_blank">nchaney@moscow.com</a>>; Penni Cyr <<a href="mailto:cpenni@gmail.com" target="_blank">cpenni@gmail.com</a>>; Shirley Ringo <<a href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com" target="_blank">ringoshirl@moscow.com</a>>; Tom
Lamar <<a href="mailto:tlamar@moscow.com" target="_blank">tlamar@moscow.com</a>>; Arlene Falcon <<a href="mailto:tyedye@moscow.com" target="_blank">tyedye@moscow.com</a>>; Tom Trail <<a href="mailto:thomasftrail@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomasftrail@gmail.com</a>>; Carmen Suarez <<a href="mailto:carmensuar@gmail.com" target="_blank">carmensuar@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<p>Ghazi was my hero. I will miss him so much. Moscow has losst a true friend..</p>
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<h1>Ghazi's Comments, Ghazi Bench Dedication (May 10, 2013)</h1>
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<a href="mailto:jmuneta@uidaho.edu" target="_blank"><jmuneta@uidaho.edu></a><br>
<b>Date:</b> March 12, 2021 at 9:40:28 AM PST<br>
<b>To:</b> "Hesford, Walter (<a href="mailto:hesford@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">hesford@uidaho.edu</a>)"
<a href="mailto:hesford@uidaho.edu" target="_blank"><hesford@uidaho.edu></a>, "Gier, Nicholas (<a href="mailto:ngier@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">ngier@uidaho.edu</a>)"
<a href="mailto:ngier@uidaho.edu" target="_blank"><ngier@uidaho.edu></a>, LIz Khosravi
<a href="mailto:liz.khosravi@gmail.com" target="_blank"><liz.khosravi@gmail.com></a>, Tom Hansen
<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank"><thansen@moscow.com></a>, "Contact -
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<a href="mailto:maryjomoscow@gmail.com" target="_blank"><maryjomoscow@gmail.com></a>, Lynn Ate
<a href="mailto:lynn8ate@gmail.com" target="_blank"><lynn8ate@gmail.com></a>,
<a href="mailto:dave24ackley@gmail.com" target="_blank">dave24ackley@gmail.com</a>, "Contact -
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Muneta, Joann (<a href="mailto:jmuneta@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">jmuneta@uidaho.edu</a>); Myron Schreck; Rose, Alan (<a href="mailto:arose@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">arose@uidaho.edu</a>)<br>
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<div>Dear LCHRTF,<br>
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I received the following message from Amtul Siddiqui by Messenger, and, as requested, I am passing it onto you. Please inform the community that Dr. Ghazanfar has passed.<br>
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“Hello all. I hope you are all keeping safe and healthy. <br>
I wanted to let you know that Dr Ghazanfar passed away today. He had a sudden heart attack this afternoon and they could not revive him. He had not been ill. I wanted to share. He will be buried tomorrow.
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Mr Driver - can you please pass along to any Moscow friends and the human rights task force friends. I would appreciate it. “
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Hugs to all.<br>
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Toney Driver<br>
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