Will San Francisco State University enforce Islam’s blasphemy law?
An incident in California has exposed an interesting division in Islam. You have undoubtedly heard of Muslims becoming outraged when people show images of Muhammad. Many Muslims, but not all, consider such images as an act of blasphemy. Maziar Behrooz, who teaches at San Francisco State University, found himself under investigation by school administrators for allegedly showing a picture of Muhammad in one of his classes, Front Page reports. This is perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this story as it appears by opening an investigation, the university is prepared to enforce Islam’s blasphemy laws in America. But here is the fascinating twist. Behrooz is a Muslim and teaches Islamic history at the university. But he is also a Shia Muslim and Shiites actually allow and use pictures of Muhammad as part of their religious expression. However, Sunnis, another branch of Islam do not, and they consider it a blasphemous act to have a picture of Muhammad. And according to Front Page, Behrooz was allegedly showing a Shiite icon of Muhammad, and it is suspected …