After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its 'Islamophobic' Comments
…University officials changed their stance after the lecturer, who lost her teaching job, sued the small Minnesota school for religious discrimination and defamation.
"Like all organizations, sometimes we misstep," said a statement from Ellen Watters, the chair of the university's board of trustees, and Fayneese S. Miller, the president. "In the interest of hearing from and supporting our Muslim students, language was used that does not reflect our sentiments on academic freedom. Based on all that we have learned, we have determined that our usage of the term 'Islamophobic' was therefore flawed."
The statement added, "It was never our intent to suggest that academic freedom is of lower concern or value than our students — care does not 'supersede' academic freedom, the two coexist."
After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its 'Islamophobic' Comments
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