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Robin Abcarian: Firing an art history professor for showing students an image of the Prophet Muhammad is out of line

The art history instructor was diligent, empathetic and sensitive. She gave plenty of warning, including in her class syllabus, letting her students know ahead of time that she planned to show them ancient depictions of the Prophet Muhammad as part of her global art history course at Hamline University, a…

Los Angeles Times

Hamline University at center of academic freedom debate over Islamic artwork shown in class

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The centuries-old artworks appeared on Hamline University students' computer screens during an art history class early one October morning.

Tribune News Service

Andrew Tate brings Quran to court hearing on human trafficking charges

The 36-year-old could be seen clutching the religious text while handcuffed to his brother Tristan

The Independent UK

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Saudi Arabia says this year's hajj pilgrimage will return to pre-COVID levels

Before the pandemic, the hajj pilgrimage drew millions each year to Islam's holy city of Mecca, home to the cube-shaped Kaaba that observant Muslims pray toward five times a day.

WEKU

Saudi Arabia: Hajj pilgrimage returning to pre-COVID levels

Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over concerns about the coronavirus

The Independent UK

Muslim Public Affairs Council Statement of Support for Hamline Professor Who Showed Muhammad Paintings

From the statement: It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad. We issue this statement of support for the professor and…

Reason

Outrage as art history professor fired for showing medieval paintings of prophet Muhammad in class

Erika López Prater says she took many precautions before showing paintings of the prophet

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U.S., Turkey target financial network linked to Islamic State

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was taking joint action with Turkey against a network it said played a key role in money management, transfer and distribution for the Islamic State militant group operating in Iraq and Syria.

Reuters

UN Security Council to Discuss Israeli Minister's Al-Aqsa Visit

The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the controversial visit to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound by an Israeli minister that has enraged Palestinians. The 15-member Council will convene at 3:00 pm (2000 GMT) at the United Nations headquarters in New York following a request by the United Arab…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN to hold emergency meeting on Israeli visit to holy site

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting at the request of the Palestinians and other Islamic and non-Islamic nations to protest the visit of an ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

The Independent UK

Palestinians Mull Next Moves after Israel Minister’s Al-Aqsa Visit

Palestinians are holding urgent talks on their next moves after an extreme-right Israeli minister visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a step so far met with stern words rather than violence. There have been fears Tuesday's controversial visit by Israel's new national security minister, firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, could spark a war.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistani militants claim killing of two intelligence officials

Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban on Wednesday claimed the killing of a senior official of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency and another officer, the latest in a resurgence of jihadist violence shaking the country.

Reuters

Malaysia's 15th General Election: How a less influential Islamic party becomes the largest one in parliament

Malaysia’s fifteenth general election, held in late November, is arguably the most historic in the country’s history. For the first time, no coalition managed to secure a parliamentary majority, resulting in a hung federal parliament.

The Conversation

OIC Strongly Condemns Far Right Israeli Minister’s Visit to Al-Aqsa Compound

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned on Tuesday a visit by Israeli far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. It said the move is part of Israel’s attempts to alter the historic and legal status of the holy mosque. It slammed…

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Jordan Condemns in ‘Severest’ Terms Israeli Minister’s Visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jordan said on Tuesday it condemned in "severest" terms a visit by Israeli far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. "Jordan condemns in the severest of terms the storming of the Aqsa mosque and violating its sanctity," said a statement by the foreign…

The Independent UK

Everything we know about machete attack at New York’s Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations

Trevor Bickford charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted assault

The Independent UK

Chilling note revealed of machete-wielding teen accused of slashing three NYPD officers at Times Square NYE celebrations

The police officers hurt in the attack are expected to survive

Los Angeles Times

Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95, conservative pontiff was first in 600 years to resign

Benedict XVI, the former pope who spent years in the Vatican upholding conservative Catholic teaching but who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, died Saturday, the Vatican announced. He was 95.

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Prof. Amna Khalid (Carleton) on the Hamline Muhammad Painting Controversy

"On Hamline University's shocking imposition of narrow religious orthodoxy in the classroom."

ABC News

These Afghan women are risking their lives to protest against the Taliban's university ban

When the Taliban announced women would no longer be allowed to attend university under their strict interpretation of Sharia law, these students took to the street, defiant and ready for their voices to be heard.

Reason

Hamline Student Newspaper (the Oracle) Removed Published Defense of Lecturer Who Showed Painting of Muhammad

"[T]rauma and lived experiences," the newspaper says, "are not open for debate."

Reason

Hamline University Lecturer "Is Fired Over a Medieval Painting of the Prophet Muhammad"

Michigan art history Prof. Christiane Gruber reported on this four days ago in New Lines Magazine; as readers of the blog might gather, I think that Hamline's behavior, as she describes it (and as is described in Prof. Berkson's essay, see below) is improper; see here for my thoughts on…

WEKU

Aid agencies are stopping work in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred women staff

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended work in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Hugs, Screams and Cries': Afghan Women Anguished at University Ban

Women university students across Afghanistan were in disbelief on Wednesday, barred by the Taliban from studying and condemned to a life of feeling "like caged birds".

Al Jazeera

UN envoy calls for pressure on Taliban over women university ban

Gordon Brown urges more leaders in Islamic countries to denounce a move barring Afghan women from higher education.

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