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Displaying the Diversity of Muslims: Perspectives on a Controversy Over an Image of the Prophet

By Henry Millstein & Ameena Jandali & Zachary Markwith  //  January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

A recent controversy at a small Midwestern university over the display of an Islamic painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad exposed deep disagreements within the Muslim American community on the permissibility or impermissibility of images of…

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