Posted on 12/17/2015 4:43:39 AM PST by simpson96
An professor at an Illinois Christian college was placed on leave Tuesday after wearing a headscarf to show solidarity with Muslims.
Larycia Hawkins, who is a Christian and an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College in suburban Chicago, said Wednesday that her actions were demonstrations of her own faith. Hawkins began wearing a hijab to counter what she called the "vitriolic" rhetoric against Muslims in recent weeks.
"In the spirit of Advent, my actions were motivated by a desire to live out my faith. Period," Hawkins said Wednesday at a news conference at a Chicago church. Advent is the season leading up to Christmas.
Hawkins said she felt it was important to show solidarity with Muslims who may feel threatened after the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., as well as GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's calling to block Muslims from entering the U.S.
"Theoretical solidarity is not solidarity," the tenured faculty member said.
The college said in a statement Tuesday that it placed her on leave because of statements she made on social media about similarities between Islam and Christianity.
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The left loves people in the cult of death because they are mostly dark-skinned, ignorant and violent and want to eliminate Christianity and Judaism.
When I was over in the middle east, we were told not to buy or wear muslim clothing because it is offensive to muslims for a westerner non-muslim to dress as one.
We were told further, doing so may result in physical attacks due to the insult to muslims.
She’ll probably sue and win millions. Likely planned with oboma’s help.
A group of (dhimmi) students from Wheaton college has publicy demanded that Wheaton college apologize to the dear professor, and reinstate her immediately. I just heard it on the radio. The girl’s sing-song, valley girl voice as she read her statement (every word at the end of each phrase was inflected higher, as if she everytihng she said were a question), nearly made my head explode.
We were told further, doing so may result in physical attacks due to the insult to muslims.
But if you are a muslim, it's okay, right?
Muslims could do anything, in fact, we weren’t allowed to engage in US government business with locals without using a muslim intermediary that would charge us 5%.
No, sweetheart, not even close.
The Quran is not the Bible, and we do not worship the same God.
To have that kind of screwy headed doctrinal thinking is enough to have you fired.
Before you can pollute the minds of others.
She was quoted in another article as saying Christians and muslims worship the same God. That heresy alone is reason enough for dismissal from a Christian school.
Christ said we would know them by their fruits. A good
tree does not produce rotten fruit. You cannot gather
figs from thistles.
Fire her. She has no business working at a Christian college.
Whose suit is she wearing?
Fire her permanently for exhibiting very poor judgment!
Too bad they didn’t attack Katie Couric for doing it.
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