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Faculty calls on embattled Minnesota college head to resign

The faculty at a Minnesota college is calling for its president to resign for her handling of a Muslim student's objection to a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad being shown in an ancient art course

The Independent UK

Hamline Faculty Vote 71-12 to Ask University President to Step Down Over Muhammad Painting Firing Controversy

[UPDATE: Full faculty statement added.]

Reason

Editorial: Academic freedom for all: Hamline University, the University Florida and other attempts to control what professors teach

As a wronged lecturer sues a small Minnesota liberal arts college, the school’s leaders have at long last admitted: “sometimes we misstep.” By that, they mean that they shouldn’t have branded an art history instructor’s actions “Islamophobic” when she dared to show a 14th-century image of the Prophet Muhammad. Adjunct…

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An academic drama over false Islamophobia

While there have been many Hamline University faculty and students who have resisted substituting identity politics and theocracy for academic inquiry, the college appears to have an utterly spineless administration.

Chicago Sun-Times

She Lost Her Job For Showing a Painting of Muhammad in Class. Now, She's Suing.

"Hamline subjected López Prater to the foregoing adverse actions because . . . she did not conform her conduct to the specific beliefs of a Muslim sect," the lawsuit states.

Reason

US professor sues university over Prophet Muhammad image row

University says it is reviewing actions after art professor’s contract not renewed amid student objection.

Al Jazeera

Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images

An adjunct art professor is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course

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Instructor who showed Prophet Muhammad images sues Hamline University; school officials say calling it Islamophobic was flawed

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A former art instructor who showed images of the Prophet Muhammad in class has sued Hamline University, saying administrators defamed her and reneged on an offer to teach in the spring semester.

Tribune News Service

Hamline Adjunct Fired for Showing Muhammad Images Sues + Hamline Statement Seems to Backtrack

The Pioneer Press (Josh Verges) reports [UPDATE: see also the Complaint]: The adjunct professor accused of Islamophobia for showing artwork in class that depicted the Prophet Muhammad filed a lawsuit against Hamline University on Tuesday as Hamline's president conceded the school mishandled the controversy. Professor Erika Lopez Prater is suing…

Reason

Jacob Mchangama: "Privileging Blasphemy Norms Over Open Inquiry Plays Into the Hands of Religious Fundamentalists"

A broader perspective on the Hamline controversy.

Reason

Hamline University under fire for art professor's dismissal

A Minnesota university’s dismissal of a professor for including depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course has put the small, private school at the center of a debate over how to include controversial material in college courses while respecting students’ personal relationship to the material

The Independent UK

Robin Abcarian: Firing an art history professor for showing students an image of the Prophet Muhammad is out of line

The art history instructor was diligent, empathetic and sensitive. She gave plenty of warning, including in her class syllabus, letting her students know ahead of time that she planned to show them ancient depictions of the Prophet Muhammad as part of her global art history course at Hamline University, a…

Los Angeles Times

Hamline University at center of academic freedom debate over Islamic artwork shown in class

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The centuries-old artworks appeared on Hamline University students' computer screens during an art history class early one October morning.

Tribune News Service

Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important piece of history – here's why art historians teach them

Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently dismissed Erika López Prater, an adjunct faculty member, for showing two historical Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad in her global survey of art history. Following complaints from some Muslim students, university administrators described such images as disrespectful and Islamophobic.

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Reason

Hamline University Lecturer "Is Fired Over a Medieval Painting of the Prophet Muhammad"

Michigan art history Prof. Christiane Gruber reported on this four days ago in New Lines Magazine; as readers of the blog might gather, I think that Hamline's behavior, as she describes it (and as is described in Prof. Berkson's essay, see below) is improper; see here for my thoughts on…

Reuters

Nigerian gunmen kidnap 60 in latest attack in the northwest

Nigerian gunmen kidnapped at least 60 people in a remote community in northwestern Zamfara state who were mostly women observing Prophet Muhammad's birthday, residents said on Thursday in the latest wave of abductions to hit the state.

Newsroom.co.nz

West must prepare for many ways Iran protest movement could end badly

It is hard to imagine the Iranian regime collapsing without violence, supporters of which should be assumed willing to kill and die, says Alexander Maxwell

The Guardian - AU

Muslim student allegedly forced to watch offensive cartoon of Muhammad at Melbourne school

Victorian education department investigating after teacher accused of playing ‘explicit and blasphemous’ video to class

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Manchester Evening News

The reason people were given free roses and chocolates in Manchester today

This was the fifth consecutive year where the Muslim community in Manchester has come together to give out hundreds of free roses, chocolates and cards to the public

Asharq Al-Awsat

Salih Calls for Cabinet Formation, Warns Against Betting on Iraqis' Patience

Iraqi President Barham Salih warned the political forces against betting on the patience of the the Iraqi people, stressing that the country is at a crossroads. Speaking at a ceremony planned by the Sunni Endowment to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, Salih said the country is experiencing a critical…

Evening Standard

Milad an-Nabi: The birth month of the Prophet Muhammad

The Prophet Muhammad, upon whom Muslims send peace, is remembered widely at this time

The Independent UK

Queen's reign saw British leave Mideast with a mixed legacy

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw large swaths of the world cast off London's rule, but after her death, a handful of British-installed monarchies still endure in the Middle East

The Conversation

How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition

Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew more than 30 million people, but in recent years participation declined to more than 14 million. This procession from Najaf to Karbala, where Hussein…

The Hindu

Tension hangs thick in Old City, police on toes

Widespread protests against BJP MLA for Prophet remark; police direct businesses to close by 8 p.m.

The Hindu

Protests against suspended BJP leader continue throughout the night in Telangana

A section of the protesters turned into a mob and resorted to violence and damaged two police vehicles

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