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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
Debates over sacred images in the Byzantine Empire show why it's hard to appease any sideThe 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-NC

An 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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