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| Solidarity With Islam At Christian College, Then Discipline
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 17-December-2015
13:20:59 PM |
| Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian institution, has disciplined a professor who put on a head scarf in solidarity with Muslims and said they worship the "same God" as Christians.
The private liberal arts college said in a statement on Tuesday that Larycia Hawkins, an associate professor of political science, had been placed on administrative leave over "significant questions regarding the theological implications" of recent remarks she made about the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
"As they participate in various causes, it is essential that faculty and staff engage in and speak about public issues in ways that faithfully represent the College's evangelical Statement of Faith," the statement said.
The college president, Philip G. Ryken, emphasized in a statement Wednesday that Hawkins' words, not her appearance in a scarf, were the issue. He said Wheaton had "no stated position on the wearing of head scarves as a gesture of care and concern for those in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution."
The college and Hawkins could not immediately be reached for comment. But the disciplinary move appeared to be in response to statements she made on Facebook this month that touched on the monotheistic similarities between the religions.
The college said that as a tenured faculty member, she was entitled to a full review over her leave status. It gave no other details on the length of her leave, its effect on her compensation, or whether she was barred from classes or from the campus.
Last Thursday, Hawkins posted photographs of herself on Facebook in a Muslim head covering, which she vowed to wear at work, in airplanes and at social events during the weeks before Christmas in solidarity with Muslims facing religious discrimination.
"I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book," she wrote, in part. "And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God."
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