Minnesota Professor Dismissed Over Showing Islamic Art Can Proceed With Lawsuit, Judge Rules

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A former Hamline University adjunct art professor can proceed with her lawsuit against the private Minnesota school but only on the basis of religious discrimination, a federal judge has ruled.

Erika Lpez Prater sued Hamline University earlier this year after she was dismissed following a complaint from a Muslim student that she showed ancient images of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course last year.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez on Friday dismissed several other claims in Lpez Praters lawsuit, including those claiming reprisal, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and retaliation, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported. Lpez Praters attorney has argued that the school would have treated her differently if she were Muslim.