Wheaton College says view of Islam, not hijab, got Christian teacher suspended

Wheaton college suspends professor wearing hijab to support Muslims — for her explanation, not the act.

By Manya Brachear Pashman and Marwa Eltagouri, Chicago Tribune

If Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins had simply donned a headscarf to support her Muslim neighbors without explaining herself, she still might be administering final exams this week.

Instead, Hawkins, a tenured political science professor at the private evangelical Christian college, proclaimed on social media that Christians and Muslims share the same God and was suspended by the college.

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