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Professor Who Wore Hijab in Solidarity with Muslims Leaves Christian College

HeadlineFeb 08, 2016

In other news from Illinois, a political science professor who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslims has left her post at Wheaton College. The private Christian school suspended her after she said Christians and Muslims worship the same God. Larycia Hawkins said she was standing in “religious solidarity” with Muslims who faced harassment after mass shootings in Paris and San Bernardino, California. The school said it reached a mutual agreement to “part ways” with Hawkins.

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