blaise26abj:


Lol . E pain you ni ? Seems your parents trained you so well l. They must be proud of you and your online comments . O wuwa omoluabi raaraa .

MeineMutter:


Pain me? What have you said that can pain me? Abi I knocked you off your dullar.d, feet of religion zombie. Hypocrite. Crying than bereaved. Onijibiti forming religion defender.

babz11:



When it comes to out religion we are very Intolerance

When you are Tolerance of Everything, You stand For Nothing

You can't make joke of the Prophet.....

Originalsly:
The country is USA ... Hamline the university. They have their own limits on academic freedom .... some universities are very liberal .... some are not.

Originalsly:

They believe she overstepped since depicting an image of Muhammed is blasphemy to most ... not all ... most Muslims and such can have devastating repercussions to the university and community.

Originalsly:
What will you think will happen to a professor at Covenant University if he decides to illustrate a point by posting porn? .... never mind he posted explicit content warning before?

Fujiyama:


^^^
The devil is in the details.

I hope Hamline's limits (whatever they may be) on academic freedom are not unconstitutional. The way things are going the courts may eventually decide this matter. If Prof Lopez decides to seek legal redress and the courts agree that her constitutional rights (according to US law) have been abridged then she will be compensated. That's just the way it is - Hamline's conservatism or liberalism won't be of any significance when it comes to the law and how it is interpreted.



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There is something that needs to be understood.

If US law does not recognize blasphemy as a crime there isn't much that Muslims can do about it, legally speaking. The law is the law. The same way that if Nigerian law criminalizes same sex marriage in Nigeria - there is nothing gay rights advocates can do about it. The law is the law.

I don't know what you mean about "devasting repercussions to the university and the community".



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It depends on what Nigerian law says.

Under US law for example, some types of hard core pornography are not regarded as free speech or expression. Posting such will get you in trouble in that country.

As far as I am aware, Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act (2015) does criminalize the posting of pornography and indecent or obscene material (although I don't know if these terms are actually clearly defined under these laws) on computer systems or networks. So...the Covenant University professor will likely get into hot water (legally speaking) if he decides to illustrate a point in class with pornographic material on a computer. As an aside, even if the 'academic freedom' argument is able to fly, what good will that do if prof is facing a conviction?

On to the heart of the matter...I am not aware of Nigerian law that criminalizes the posting of images of religious figures from Islam, Christianity, African Traditional Religion (ATR), Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Sikhism etc.

blaise26abj:


Feet of religion zombie ? Crying than bereaved ? Hahahaha . Wallahi Awolowo will be turning in his grave . Where did I defend religion ? Very Low IQ terrorist. Continue in your ignorance, ODE ! . .

MeineMutter:


You are still pained because of the way Awo dealt with your ancestors, abi? That’s why you are looking for who to vent your anger on. Don’t worry, history will repeat itself. We will send you r present generation to another hell of starvation and hunger after the election, if you try to foment any trouble.

Originalsly:
I do appreciate your response! To me you make the matter a legal one ... was posting the image unconstitutional or criminal? ... was a legal boundary crossed rather than that of the university.

Originalsly:
On possible compensation.... if she was fired it is possible but the report first stated her contract will not be renewed which will kill any legal fight for compensation. Later on the report said she was fired .... so who knows?

Originalsly:
On devastating repercussions.... in a heartbeat ... the Muslim community can organize protests against the university.... disrupting the community... and bringing negative publicity to the institution which no doubt will impact their student intake.... which would mean less money for the institution. Money above anything else.... that University will do anything to maintain the bottom line and I strongly believe this is the real cause of the Professor having to leave .... the controversy can affect the profits.

blaise26abj:

Still in my mentions and still jumping into conclusions? Ori e ko pe. Omo ale Yoruba . Eranko ni e . Omo irankiran. Apayan . Jaguda . Ki awon eyan ku nitori pe won ki se omo Yoruba ? Awon ti won bi e won ko e , boya won je ko e iwo ni o gbeko . Ti awon ti e o ba fe se asedanu , kooti mi le kan si . Bloody Terrorist .

CodeTemplar:
read the news from other sites and update yourself..the blogger here did a poor job probably because of many copy and paste.
There were more than one muslim student in the class. The lecturer hinted them and allowed anyone who will feel offended to leave for just the duration of the picture being projected. She stayed behind then claimed it offended her faith. That's absurd. She is an adherent of the religion and not the owner of the religion or religious figure in question.

jaggabban:

Oga answer my question. What is her business with religion? Why must the students see prophet's picture? Is it a religious class? Even in IRK, you can not show any image to represent the prophet. U guys like wahala, it is their prophet and their religion but u guys will not stay on ur lane.

BluntTheApostle:


It is not about Islam.

If the professor had shown the picture of Jesus Christ in class, and a student complained, the professor would still have been fired.

CodeTemplar:
their religion? Meaning they have their god in custody. Lol

jaggabban:

You see, No questions answered, I get it.

sisisioge:


Yes, you're right about respecting other people's beliefs but this is a school where they were learning history. The painting is allegedly thir prophet, they aren't even sure. The school is multicultural/multi-religion. How will the scholars ever learn if they dont explore everything in history? Infact, I didnt even know such painting existed until this noise....imagine historians being as ignorant as I am on the matter.

For instance, our bible never said anything about Jesus being married and having kids, yet historians managed to unearth findings that he did, did we roll heads because of that or stop believing that he was never married? Abeg, that religion folks are simply too aggressive!

Zubi10:
You see how you are looking for trouble.. You'll get it I promise you

OLAADEGBU:


https://saharareporters.com/2023/01/09/us-professor-fired-showing-paintings-prophet-muhammad-students