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Minnesota professor dismissed over showing Islamic art can proceed with lawsuit, judge rules

An art professor can proceed with her lawsuit against a private Minnesota university that fired her for showing early Islamic art to at least one Muslim student in a class

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Court Allows Religious Discrimination Claim to Go Forward in Ex-Hamline Prof's Mohammed Images / Islamic Art Controversy

As readers of the blog may know, Hamline University declined to renew Erica López Prater's instructor contract because she displayed Islamic Art containing images of Mohammed in her World Art class, and some students objected. López Prater sued, and on Friday Judge Katherine M. Menendez (D. Minn.) allowed her religious…

Reason · Sep 16, 2023

Minnesota college head to retire after Islamic art dispute

The president of a private Minnesota university says she's retiring next year

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

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A small college panicked and fired a professor — but the real lessons aren't the ones the right wants to teach

Salon · Mar 4, 2023

Robin Abcarian: Two universities that tried to squelch academic freedom have backtracked. Here's hoping that's a trend

I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I first read that Kenneth Roth, who led Human Rights Watch for three decades, had been disinvited to a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

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 · Jan 25, 2023

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…

Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023

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Commentary: Outrage over an image of Muhammad is itself Islamophobia

In the name of combating Islamophobia, Hamline University in Minnesota has committed a particularly egregious exercise in Islamophobia.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

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 · Jan 18, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

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 · Jan 18, 2023

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 · Jan 13, 2023

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 · Jan 12, 2023

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 · Jan 10, 2023

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The Conversation · Jan 9, 2023

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.

Reason · Jan 9, 2023

Taboos in Universities, Against Displaying Certain Images and Quoting Certain Words

"Dr. Kostihova compared showing the image [of Muhammed] to using a racial epithet for Black people ...."

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Outrage as art history professor fired for showing medieval paintings of prophet Muhammad in class

Erika López Prater says she took many precautions before showing paintings of the prophet

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