(Daily Caller) Free speech watchdog Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) wrote to San Francisco State University (SFSU) on Thursday urging administrators to drop its investigation into a professor who showed a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad during a history class.
SFSU launched its investigation into Professor Maziar Behrooz in March after a student complained that he showed a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad during a fall semester lecture about the history of the Islamic world between 500 and 1700, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The investigation is a violation of the professor’s academic freedom, FIRE alleged in its letter to the university.
“Academic freedom necessitates that faculty members receive substantial breathing room to determine how to approach subjects and materials relevant to their courses, rather than allowing administrators, students, legislators, or outside authorities to unduly influence those decisions,” FIRE wrote.
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