A lecturer showed a painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She lost her job.
After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.
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After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.
An academic spat over a depiction of Muhammad reveals how the language of diversity is eviscerating its very meaning
Activists associated with the Muslim Student Association (MSA) tried to isolate and punish an art history professor who displayed pictures of Muhammad to students at Hamline University, a small liberal arts school in Minnesota. The attempt has generated
Hamline University has terminated professor Erika Lopez Prater's contract after she showed a class devotional Islamic art depicting Muhammad.
"If Hamline won't listen to free speech advocates or faculty across the country, they'll have to listen to their accreditor," said FIRE attorney Alex Morey, who filed the complaint.