[HN Gopher] College that fired prof for showing image of Muhamma...
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       College that fired prof for showing image of Muhammad could lose
       accreditation
        
       Author : cscurmudgeon
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2023-01-07 21:38 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (reason.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (reason.com)
        
       | jibink wrote:
       | [flagged]
        
         | make3 wrote:
         | I'm curious if they were themselves Muslim, or if it was out of
         | misguided progressiveness
        
           | jupp0r wrote:
           | Nothing about this is progressive, in fact it is quite
           | statist.
        
           | anonyfox wrote:
           | What is ,,progressive" about firing someone over potential
           | feelings of people believing in some medieval fairytales?
        
           | hourago wrote:
           | > I'm curious if they were themselves Muslim, or if it was
           | out of misguided progressiveness
           | 
           | You can satisfy your curiosity by reading the article.
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           | > However, one student in class that day--the president of
           | Hamline's Muslim Student Association--took offense,
           | complaining first to the professor, and then to school
           | administrators.
        
       | ugh123 wrote:
       | As noted in the article, this is no different than teaching
       | evolution to a bunch of evangelical students who are offended by
       | it.
       | 
       | Absurd woke-ism strikes again!
        
       | NKosmatos wrote:
       | It all has to do with Islamic Aniconism (avoidance of images):
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Islam
       | 
       | That's the problem with all religions that have
       | (strict/ancient/silly/unsubstantiated) orthodox rules:
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxy
        
         | cdot2 wrote:
         | Catholicism has pretty strict orthodox rules and yet has no
         | issue with images
        
       | jupp0r wrote:
       | Better labor protection laws could have prevented this. I wonder
       | if it's possible to still sue the university for firing them
       | because of their speech.
        
         | cdot2 wrote:
         | "The professor was an adjunct, which is what allowed the school
         | to fire them without due process by simply declining to renew
         | their contract."
         | 
         | This is in the article.
        
       | ftopas wrote:
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       | err4nt wrote:
       | Unless people are forced against their will to attend school, and
       | this institution specifically, and this course or class
       | specifically, with no option to not attend school, to not attend
       | this institution, to not take this course or class - isn't
       | showing islamic art history in an islamic art history class
       | precisely what all those present have chosen to pay to receive?
        
         | nine_k wrote:
         | Apparently they paid to receive that course, but were not happy
         | with it:
         | 
         | > _However, one student in class that day--the president of
         | Hamline 's Muslim Student Association--took offense,
         | complaining first to the professor, and then to school
         | administrators._
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         | Then the paradox of tolerance [1] kicks in, and one offended
         | guy forces everyone to comply (likely with silent support from
         | other like-minded guys).
         | 
         | [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
        
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