Debates over sacred images in the Byzantine Empire show why it's hard to appease any side
- Written by: Paroma Chatterjee, Associate Professor of History of Art, University of Michigan
The depiction of Prophet Muhammad at Hamline University has opened up a debate about what sacred images can or cannot be shown in a classroom.Friscocali via Flickr, CC BY-NCAn adjunct lecturer at Hamline University recently lost her job for showing an image of Prophet Muhammad in an art history class, which some students and administrators...
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