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(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.
But in an email statement, she said images of Prophet Muhammad should never be displayed, and that Dr. López Prater gave a trigger warning precisely because she knew such images were offensive to ...
“ Prophet Muhammad Preaching ” (c. late 16th century), Folio from a Maqtal-i Al-i Rasul of Lami’i Chelebi.
"As has been widely reported, and especially well documented in a New York Times article of January 8, 2023, Dr. López Prater showed a 14th-century manuscript painting depicting the Prophet ...
Hamline University reaches settlement with instructor who showed images of Prophet Muhammad in class The St. Paul university found itself at the center of a painful debate over academic freedom ...
“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 ...
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 ...
An art history class at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., included Islamic artworks from the 14th and 16th century that depicted the prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad also did not marry a Catholic nun, contrary to the post's claim. Gettysburg College states that he worked for and eventually married a woman named Kadijah, who was a wealthy merchant.
Born, according to tradition, around 570 in Mecca, the founder of Islam was a preacher, a prophet and a legislator, as well as a military leader and political figure. He was not only the ...
According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad was a righteous man born around A.D. 570, whom God designated as his final prophet. He learned God’s message by heart and recited it.