Minnesota professor dismissed after showing Prophet Muhammad in class

[prodigitalson]

[Elessar Zappa]

1. Dumb.

[dsc]

2. This is complete non sense

The fact is that student should be expelled for her apparent inability or unwillingness to read. A but Muhammed exception to our rights is no better than a but Jesus exception to our rights.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

3. Muslim Public Affairs Council has spoken up in support of the professor.

Including:

The painting was not Islamophobic. In fact, it was commissioned by a fourteenth-century Muslim king in order to honor the Prophet, depicting the first Quranic revelation from the angel Gabriel.

[prodigitalson]

4. good!

[NickB79]

5. The kicker is, it was a 14th century painting, created by a Muslim

And the professor warned the students repeatedly about it and ASKED for feedback beforehand if anyone was uncomfortable.

[prodigitalson]

6. the fact that she knew it would be shown, went anyway

reports it and then tearfully tells the cameras "I'm 23 and I have never seen a picture of the prophet."

Buddha take the the wheel.

[GreenWave]

7. If I understand a little something about that religion.

It generally forbidden to have human images.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

8. Not in Shia Islam. This is a Persian miniature from the Shia tradition.

[jeffreyi]

9. Bummer.