Bahrain Fires American Prof For Lecture Seen As Disrespectful Toward Islam
religionclause.blogspot.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Bahrain's Higher Education Council (an arm of the Ministry of Education) has pressured a private University in Bahrain to fire an American professor for failing to show respect toward the Islamic religion and "noble Arab values". Yesterday's Media Line reports that the professor, who was lecturing on differences in world civilizations, displayed to her students a photo of a man wearing torn clothes with "Prophet Muhammad" written... [read full story]                    


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