Indeed, from the syllabus to several warnings on the day of the lecture, the student was warned that the professor would be showing a historically important image of the prophet Muhammad for academic purposes.

She was absolutely not blindsided. She said she was, though, and then organized protests.

The university's cooperation with her dishonest machinations is a big problem. I can't imagine what it must be like to be an administrator who fires someone over such an obviously trumped-up charge like this. What horrible people they are.