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The Hamline University Board of Trustees announced it will review the school's response to an allegation of Islamophobia that has placed the small Minnesota institution at the heart of a national debate over academic freedom.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations isn't shy about leveling accusations of Islamophobia, but not even CAIR believes that a Minnesota professor who showed medieval artwork of Muhammad crossed the line.
After a Hamline University professor faced backlash from showing a depiction of Muhammad during a classroom lesson, America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization is saying it does not believe the professor acted with ‘Islamophobic intent’ – arguing that academic positions should not be condemned without justification.