IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.Almighty Allah asks in Holy Qur’an, Hajj 22:46, “Do they not travel Through the land, so that Their hearts (and mind) May thus learn wisdom and their ...

(RNS) — An instructor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, showed a 14th-century painting of Muhammad. A Muslim student objected. The instructor was let go.

A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad raising his hands in prayer while standing on the Mountain of Light in Mecca. Siyer-i Nebi (Biography of the Prophet), Istanbul, Ottoman lands, 1595-96 ...

IN the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful.After the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) received his first revelation in Mecca around 610 CE, marking the beginning of his prophetic mission, he ...

In October, López Prater showed a 14th century painting depicting the prophet Muhammad in a lesson on Islamic art. For many Muslims, visual depictions of Muhammad violate their faith, which ...

“The Prophet Muhammad at the Gates of Hell,” a painting in a manuscript copy of al-Sara’i’s “Nahj al-Faradis” (”Paths of Paradise”) circa 1465, is on loan from The David Collection ...

A mosque in Kandahar houses a relic of the Prophet Muhammad: a cloak preserved, splendid and unpilled, almost 1,400 years after its owner’s death. The mosque’s caretaker claims that the cloak ...

Islamic Aniconism The core of the Hamline-Prater controversy is two paintings of the Prophet Muhammad that the instructor brought to the class to show that Islamic art is “not monolithic.” The ...

A former Hamline University adjunct professor who showed a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in class and found herself at the center of a national debate on academic freedom is now suing the school.

The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is demanding the reinstatement of an adjunct professor fired for displaying an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in class. Erika López Prater, an ...

PAUL, Minn. — Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad ...