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Cartoon Controversy in Chapel Hill
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A political cartoon in a student newspaper is triggering protests on campus.
UNC-Chapel Hill鈥檚 Muslim Students Association is demanding an apology after a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed appeared in the Daily Tar Heel newspaper.
鈥淚t鈥檚 very disrespectful, and I find it racist,鈥 said student Rafsan Khan, a Muslim. 鈥淚 find it discrimination, too.鈥 Read more.
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