The Register-Guard
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Lane Community College has pulled the plug on a noncredit winter course called "What is Islam?" because an Islamic group accused the instructor of bias.
President Mary Spilde told The Register-Guard the college decided to take extra care after an alleged bomb plot in Portland and an arson at a Corvallis mosque.
No one had signed up for the course offered by Eugene resident Barry Sommer. The Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a letter to the college Friday accusing Sommer of promoting anti-Muslim bigotry.
Sommer says he has nothing against Muslims but does have concerns about how Islam is defined by its leaders and how some people respond.
December 07, 2010, Oregon live
