After a Hamline University professor faced backlash from showing a depiction of Muhammad during a classroom lesson, America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization is saying it does not believe the professor acted with ‘Islamophobic intent’ – arguing that academic positions should not be condemned without justification.
during a classroom lesson, America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization is saying it does not believe the professor acted with "islamophobic intent" – arguing that academic positions should not be condemned with bigots without justification.
Wedatalla said that when she took her concerns to the university, she then felt respected – noting leaders showed "nothing but care" for her concerns "It’s important to remember that universities have the right to censure speech that promotes hate or discrimination," Hussein said., centering around whether it's considered inappropriate for a professor to show pictures of the Prophet Muhammad in class.
The statement from CAIR went on to note that although many Muslims around the world consider images of the prophet sacrilegious and offensive, "intent and circumstances" matter when determining whether an act is Islamophobic or not.
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