Erika López Prater, an adjunct professor teaching a course last year on world art at Hamline University, unsurprisingly wanted to show her class a 14th-century depiction of Muhammad. She explained in advance she would be showing the painting, and that any student who might be offended could simply skip the class. She repeated that offer […]
Minnesota judge allows religious discrimination claim of prof fired for showing Muhammad images to go forward
People have defended the fired professor, Erika López Prater, on the grounds that she did not have “Islamophobic” intent. That is, she did not intend to criticize Islam or portray Muhammad in an unfavorable light; she was showing the image of Muhammad, which Shi’ite Muslims produced, in the context of art history. But what if […]
Minnesota: University president set to retire after firing professor who showed Muhammad picture in class
The board of directors at Hamline University has announced president Fayneese Miller’s upcoming retirement. She leaves in disgrace after kowtowing to Muslim students, as well as to the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and caving under the usual “Islamophobia” battering ram. In early February, Hamline University in Minnesota made the Foundation for Individual Rights and […]
Hamas-linked CAIR vs. Erika López Prater, the Minnesota prof fired for showing an image of Muhammad
With the TV attacks of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) growing in frequency, severity, and outrageousness, it is important to take notice when it strikes. The case of Erika López Prater is an excellent example, because despite having helped get a teacher fired for violating Islam’s blasphemy restrictions, CAIR can now claim to be […]
Minnesota: Faculty at university that fired prof for showing Muhammad image asks president to resign
The subtitle of this article in the Pioneer Press is “Hamline’s full-time faculty say the dismissal of an adjunct professor has harmed the university’s reputation.” No kidding. Before this happened, no one had even heard of Hamline University. Now it is known as a quintessential example of academic fascism and Islamic supremacism, of cowardice and […]
Hamas-linked CAIR helped get Minnesota prof fired for showing image of Muhammad
Among the least discussed aspects of Hamline University’s effective firing of adjunct professor Erika López Prater is the role that the the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) played in the fiasco. Listen to CAIR’s Minnesota executive director, Jaylani Hussein, describe his efforts to influence Hamline University’s decision to declare showing pictures of Muhammad in an […]
University that fired prof for showing Muhammad image backtracks, pays lip service to ‘academic freedom’
People have defended the fired professor, Erika López Prater, on the grounds that she did not have “Islamophobic” intent. That is, she did not intend to criticize Islam or portray Muhammad in an unfavorable light; she was showing the image of Muhammad, which Shi’ite Muslims produced, in the context of art history. But what if […]
Hamas-linked CAIR’s Minnesota director is happy that a professor is out of a job after showing Muhammad artwork
In this KSTP ABC5 broadcast entitled “Muslim Leaders Speak On Hamline University Professor Who Showed Image Of The Prophet Muhammad,” we learn that the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is happy that art history professor Erika Lopez Prater is out of a job. “Islamophobia takes in many forms… CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein said. “It’s […]
Muslim Brotherhood Blasphemy Cops on a Minnesota Campus
A Latina art teacher, a Shiite painting of Mohammed, and tolerance theocracy. The decision by Hamline University to purge a minority art teacher for showing a Shiite painting of Mohammed has traveled from the outskirts of a few blogs, and a student paper of the small private college in St. Paul, to art sites, a […]
Video: Robert Spencer on OAN on Minnesota prof fired for showing Muhammad images
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