MUSLIM INDOCTRINATION AT SCHOOL: OUTRAGED PARENTS SAW IT & FORCED CLOSURE OF SCHOOL

MUSLIM INDOCTRINATION 

AT SCHOOL

CALLIGRAPHY HOMEWORK TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER SUBJECTS

VIDEO:

Published on Dec 19, 2015

GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA — Schools in Augusta County, Virginia were closed because some parents were very upset about a 9th grade World Geography homework assignment at Riverheads High School that asked students to try writing in Arabic calligraphy, CNN reported.

The assignment, which is part of the school curriculum about world religions, asked the students to try writing the Islamic shahada in Arabic script that translates to 'There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah.' The disgruntled parents claimed that the assignment was an attempt by the teacher to indoctrinate their kids into converting to Islam. Concerned parent Kimberly Herndon kept her son home from school and told WHSV: "I will not have my children sit under a woman who indoctrinates them with the Islam religion when I am a Christian."

According to CNN, the school upped security after a flood of emails and phone calls expressing outrage over the lesson and the teacher's audacity to educate the students about Islam. Although the world geography teacher is being thrown under the bus, there's also some people out there who support multicultural curriculum being taught in public schools. Netizens have responded to the Islamophobic fervor on both sides of the fence.

According to a statistic from Balletopedia.org, the 23 schools in Augusta County had about 10,755 students in the 2012-2013 school year. That's a lot of kids that get a three-day weekend!

Parents’ Outrage Over ‘Muslim Indoctrination’ Assignment Leads To Schools Closure

"I’m going to stand behind Christ," one parent said.

BY MELODY DAREING

SEE: http://www.westernjournalism.com/parents-saw-muslim-indoctrination-happening-at-school-and-forced-closure-with-outrage/;

ORIGINALLY FROM: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/18/parents-outrage-muslim-indoctrination-assignment-leads-schools-closure/; SEE AFTER THIS ARTICLE

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

A Virginia public school system had to shut down and cancel all after-school activities after controversy erupted because ninth-graders in a world geography class were required to copy the core Islamic statement of faith as part of their homework assignment.

“The Shahada” states: “There is no God by Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” The students were required to copy the words in Arabic, as part of a calligraphy assignment.

Parent Kimberly Herndon told WHSV she was “shocked that this was right here in our small town.” Her son, who attends Riverheads High School in Staunton, Virginia, has stayed home every day since the assignment, she said.

“I will not have my children sit under a woman who indoctrinates them with the Islam religion when I am a Christian, and I’m going to stand behind Christ,” she said.

Augusta County Public Schools decided to shut down Friday and halt all school activities and throughout the weekend after receiving telephone calls and email from both inside and outside the area, according to a statement from Augusta County School Superintendent Dr. Eric Bond. Law enforcement increased its presence at the schools as a precaution, the statement said.

Although “there has been no specific threat of harm,” Bond and Augusta County Sheriff Randall Fisher decided it would be best to close the schools.

“The communications have significantly increased in volume today and based on concerns regarding the tone and content of those communications, Sheriff Fisher and Dr. Bond mutually decided schools and school offices will be closed on Friday, December 18, 2015,” the statement said.

Bond said the assignment was to study the ornamental writing treasured in the Arab world. He said students are required to learn about world religions as part of the set curriculum under the state Board of Education and the Commonwealth’s Standards of Learning.

“The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy,” Bond said in a statement addressing the issue.

He defended the lesson, commenting that the statement was not translated for students and they were not asked to translate it, recite it or adopt it as their belief.

“Neither these lessons, nor any other lesson in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam or any other religion, or a request for students to renounce their own faith or profess any belief,” Bond wrote. “Each of the lessons attempts objectively to present world religions in a way that is interesting and interactive for students.”

At least one student, Laura Truxell, said the assignment made her uncomfortable.

“Why couldn’t we just learn to write ‘hello,’ ‘goodbye’…you know, normal words, not that,” she said.

Parents met Dec. 15 to discuss the controversy. Bond said teachers will use a different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy in the future. While this type of lesson has been associated with the Common Core Curriculum, Virginia is one of four states that didn’t implement Common Core.

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BREITBART ARTICLE IN FULL:

BY DR. SUSAN BERRY

Augusta County Public Schools in Virginia are closed Friday, after parents objected to a ninth grade geography assignment that required students to copy the Shahada, an Islamic statement of faith that says, “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

Kimberly Herndon said she was “shocked that this was sent home, shocked that this was in the schools [and] shocked that this was right here in our small town,” reports WHSV.com. Herndon added she felt her rights as a parent had been violated.

Augusta County Public Schools issued the following statement about the closure, which it noted was decided upon with the recommendation of law enforcement:


Augusta County Schools and all administrative offices will be closed Friday, December 18, 2015.

All after school activities for Thursday, December 17th are canceled.

Following parental objections to the World Geography curriculum and ensuing related media coverage, the school division began receiving voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area. As a result of those communications, the Sheriff’s Office and the school division coordinated to increase police presence at Augusta County schools and to monitor those communications. The communications have significantly increased in volume today and based on concerns regarding the tone and content of those communications, Sheriff Fisher and Dr. Bond mutually decided schools and school offices will be closed on Friday, December 18, 2015. While there has been no specific threat of harm to students, schools and school offices will be closed Friday, December 18, 2015. All extra-curricular activities are likewise cancelled for tonight, Thursday, December 17, through the weekend. We regret having to take this action, but we are doing so based on the recommendations of law enforcement and the Augusta County School Board out of an abundance of caution.

Finally, the Augusta County School Board and Dr. Bond appreciate parents bringing concerns directly to our attention, and a constructive and respectful dialogue between school and community is always welcome. As we have emphasized, no lesson was designed to promote a religious viewpoint or change any student’s religious belief.  Although students will continue to learn about world religions as required by the state Board of Education and the Commonwealth’s Standards of Learning, a different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy will be used in the future.


Herndon, whose son attends Riverheads High School, said the world geography assignment started out as one that focused on “the artistic complexity of calligraphy,” but believes it tried to indoctrinate her son into the Islamic religion.

“There was no trying about it,” she said. “The sheet that she [the teacher] gave out was pure indoctrinate in its origin.”

The school, however, states the lesson is in keeping with the Standards of Learning in Virginia. Interestingly, Virginia is one of the four states that did not adopt the Common Core State Standards.

Dr. Eric Bond – Augusta County School Superintendent – said, the lesson “attempts objectively to present world religions in a way that is interesting and interactive for students.”

“Neither these lessons, nor any other lesson in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam or any other religion, or a request for students to renounce their own faith or profess any belief,” he said.

Bond’s statement was as follows:


As a part of a high school world geography course and consistent with the Standards of Learning, when students study a particular geographic region, the Virginia Department of Education Curriculum Framework and Scope and Sequence for World Geography includes the region’s culture, language, economy, foods, predominant religions, and political climate. As a part of each regional unit, students are invited to participate in hands-on activities intended to give them a better objective understanding of the region and its culture (including its religions) and to allow for interactive learning.

When they study a geographic region, students study the religion and written language of the region. Consequently, students learn about Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam, among others. In one class, an assignment on religion and culture in the unit on the Middle East involved an Islamic statement of faith, written in Arabic. The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy. The statement presented as an example of the calligraphy was not translated for students, nor were students asked to translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief. They were simply asked to attempt to artistically render written Arabic in order to understand its artistic complexity. The students in the class will engage in similar calligraphy and drawing assignments when they study China, its unique written language and the yin and yang (a traditional symbol in Taoism and Confucianism).

Students learn material from the SOL Curriculum Framework in order to recognize cultural regions around the world by identifying characteristics of the “cultural landscape” such as dress, architecture, statues, monuments, music and art so the student can understand how cultural differences and similarities can link or divide regions. Students also learn about the cultures and the religious practices of the geographic regions they study. In one class during their study of the Middle East, students were taught about the modest dress adopted by many in the Islamic faith and were invited to try on a scarf as a part of an interactive lesson about the Islamic concept of modest dress. The scarf used in the activity was not an actual Islamic religious hijab. The students in the class can engage in similar assignments when they study China and Africa: student volunteers will be able to try on actual traditional Chinese clothing (chan song) and traditional African clothing (shuka). In addition, the students will be invited to observe and touch Buddhist prayer beads during the unit on China.

Neither these lessons, nor any other lesson in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam or any other religion, or a request for students to renounce their own faith or profess any belief. Each of the lessons attempts objectively to present world religions in a way that is interesting and interactive for students.


Student Laura Truxell said she was uncomfortable with the assignment as well, even if it was simply to study calligraphy. “Why couldn’t we just learn to write ‘hello,’ ‘goodbye’…you know, normal words, not that.”

Parents convened Tuesday night to discuss the situation. Herndon has not sent her son back to school since the assignment.

“I will not have my children sit under a woman who indoctrinates them with the Islam religion when I am a Christian, and I’m going to stand behind Christ,” Herndon said.

CANADIAN CHILDREN SING MUHAMMAD WORSHIP SONG RECOUNTING HIS JIHAD IN TABOUK, SAUDI ARABIA

VIDEO: CANADIAN CHILDREN SING MUHAMMAD-WORSHIP SONG: 

PM TWEETS APPROVAL

Song inspired by Muhammad's return to Medina after he forced Christians to convert to Islam

SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tabouk

BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON

SEE: http://www.infowars.com/video-canadian-children-sing-muhammad-worship-song-to-welcome-refugees/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

A video shows Canadian children singing a song which celebrates Muhammad’s arrival in Medina after he forced Christians to convert to Islam under threat of death.

The video clip was posted on YouTube one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne personally welcomed 163 Syrian refugees into the country. It has over 11,000 ‘thumbs up’ and more than 1.2 million views, although comments were disabled, presumably to censor criticism.

“The video titled “Welcome to Canada Syrian Refugees” shows the choir singing one of the oldest songs in the Islamic culture called “Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alayna” which is sung to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad upon his arrival in Medina after completing the Battle of Tabouk,” reports Speisa.

In reality, the composition is an original work by Ottawa-based composer and musician Laura Hawley, but it is indeed influenced by “Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alayna” and the Ottawa Citizen reports “that the piece concludes with a section influenced by the traditional Muslim call to prayer blended with Tala’ al-Badru ‘Alayna.”

Hawley also denied that the theme was a “welcome to refugees,” but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his approval of the song.

The ‘Battle of Tabouk’ was a military expedition or a “jihad” to present-day northwestern Saudi Arabia led by Muhammad with the intention of fighting the Byzantine army, which was not present when Muhammad arrived with his 30,000 strong force.

The Koran refers to the battle by calling on Muslims to fight and kill non-believers until they “pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” The Jizya is a crippling tax on non-Muslims which is currently imposed on Christians in the Middle East by ISIS under threat of execution and taking their wives as sex slaves.

After Muhammad and his army arrived in Tabouk, “Jewish and Christian tribes in the area where Muhammad was converted to Islam,” while Muhammad also sent a letter to the Christian Prince of Ayla/Aliah threatening him to convert to Islam, pay the Jizya, or be killed.

In summary; the children are basically singing a song that celebrates the subjugation and “submission” of Christians to Islam after thousands of Muslims migrated and took over a large portion of territory.

Given this history, perhaps it would have been less provocative simply to have the children chant “Allahu Akbar” instead.

WHEATON COLLEGE PROFESSOR WEARS HIJAB, QUOTES POPE FRANCIS: "WE ALL WORSHIP SAME GOD"~BILLY GRAHAM'S LEGACY OF ECUMENISM LEADS TO ONE WORLD RELIGION MINDSET

PROGRESSIVE ISLAMOFASISM

THE FRUIT OF BILLY GRAHAM'S REPUDIATION OF CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM & SEPARATION AT HIS ALMA MATER

PROFESSOR HAWKINS: 

“I was assured by my friends at CAIR-Chicago that they welcomed the gesture." 

QUOTE FROM WHEATON COLLEGE'S STATEMENT AT BOTTOM OF POST:

 "In her most recent statement, Dr. Hawkins seems committed to her personal theological stance, as stated in social media posts and subsequent media interviews; she has not yet reconciled her beliefs with the College’s theological position."

AFTER GETTING APPROVAL FROM JIHADIST CAIR:

APOSTATE WHEATON HIRED THIS KNOWN RADICAL ECUMENICAL SOCIALIST 

SEE: http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Faculty/H/Larycia-Hawkins

"INFLUENCED" BY CAIR, ISLAMIC JIHAD, SHARIA, THE POPE, BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY, AND UNBIBLICAL EVOLUTION TAUGHT BY WHEATON FOR DECADES

(SEE HER RESUME AT BOTTOM OF THIS POST)

SEE OUR PREVIOUS POST ABOUT WHEATON:

"CHRISTIAN" WHEATON COLLEGE ALLOWS HOMOSEXUAL GROUP ON CAMPUS~BETRAYS ITS ORIGINS

http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2015/05/christian-wheaton-college-allows.html

ALSO SEE: 

http://apprising.org/2008/09/17/who-is-ruth-haley-barton/

AND: 

http://www.wayoflife.org/index_files/when_christian_schools_undermine.html; QUOTES: This college is the show-pony of the PBS series, showing viewers how people can mix ‘God’ and evolution. But one must wonder how the school defines a ‘vital Christian experience’ since their professors evidently don’t believe the Bible, the only source of information about Christ. There was quite a stir back in 1961 when Prof. Walter Hearn promoted evolution at Wheaton. One example is Keith Miller, who claimed on the PBS program to be an ‘ardent evangelical Christian.’ He asserted, without evidence, that there are lots of transitional forms. When questioned, he said that God chose Adam and Eve out of other humans that existed. The sad thing about Wheaton is the admission--shown on the final PBS episode--that most people become more confused about their Christian faith while they attend this “Christian” college. The students wonder whether there’s a place for God if evolution is true, and rightly so. 

AND: 

EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC UNITY CONVERSATION AT WHEATON COLLEGE

http://www.wayoflife.org/friday_church_news/13_06.php;

(Friday Church News Notes, February 10, 2012, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Wheaton College will host an ecumenical discussion on March 26 featuring “evangelical” John Armstrong and Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George of Chicago. Called “A Conversation on Unity in Christ’s Mission,” the dialogue will “explore the common ground and current challenges that face Catholics and evangelical Protestants in Christian faith and mission.” In January of this year Armstrong said that he became more aware of the need for unity on a visit to the Center for Unity in Rome in March 2011. He even visited the grave of the priest (Paul Wattson) who founded the global Week of Prayer for Christian unity. The spiritual blindness that has permeated evangelicalism today is the product of the “repudiation of separatism” and the ensuing corruption that is the result of “evil communications” (1 Cor. 15:33). In the 1990s, Armstrong was the editor of Roman Catholicism: Evangelical Protestants Analyze What Divides and Unites Us (Moody Press, 1994). The book completely ignored the Bible’s command to mark and avoid doctrinal error and apostasy (e.g., Romans 16:17; 2 Timothy 3:5), which is the only sure protection against the leaven of heresy. Michael Horton concluded his chapter, “What Still Keeps Us Apart?” with these words: “I do not suggest that we should give up trying to seek visible unity, nor that we refuse to dialogue with Roman Catholic laypeople and theologians, many of whom may be our brothers and sisters” (Roman Catholicism, p. 264). 

AND: 

Wheaton College “Dialogue” Evening – Exploring “Common Ground” with Catholicism in “A Conversation on Unity”

http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=8647

AND: 

BILLY GRAHAM REPUDIATES FUNDAMENTALISM & SEPARATION WHEN AT WHEATON:

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/discernment/11-2-new-future.htm
AND:
THE EVOLUTIONISTS' GLORY HOLE, STERKFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA; THE "CRADLE OF HUMANKIND":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterkfontein

Wheaton College Professor Comes Out 

Wearing Hijab, Quotes Pope Francis: 

‘We All Worship Same God’

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/12/14/wheaton-college-professor-comes-out-wearing-hijab-quotes-pope-francis-we-all-worship-same-god/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

WHEATON, Ill. — A professor at a prominent Christian university in Illinois posted photos of herself wearing an Islamic hijab this past week, stating that she was doing so to show solidarity with Muslims.

Larycia Hawkins is an associate political science director at Wheaton College, one of the most renown Christian schools in the world. On Thursday, she posted two photos of herself wearing a hijab, and stated in a lengthy explanation that she plans to wear it everywhere she goes during the Advent—including at the Christian college and to church.

“I stand in human solidarity with my Muslim neighbor because we are formed of the same primordial clay, descendants of the same cradle of humankind—a cave in Sterkfontein, South Africa that I had the privilege to descend into to plumb the depths of our common humanity in 2014,” Hawkins wrote.

She said that not only does she have a common ancestry with Muslims, but that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

“I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book,” Hawkins asserted. “And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.”

“But as I tell my students, theoretical solidarity is not solidarity at all. Thus, beginning tonight, my solidarity has become embodied solidarity,” she continued.

Hawkins said that wearing the hijab is part of her Christmas worship, and that she is seeking to combat what she perceives to be “Islamophobia” in society.

“As part of my Advent worship, I will wear the hijab to work at Wheaton College, to play in Chi-town, in the airport and on the airplane to my home state that initiated one of the first anti-Sharia laws (read: unconstitutional and Islamophobic), and at church,” she wrote.

The professor said that her wish for the season would be to see a “large-scale movement” of women wearing hijabs in solidarity with Muslims, noting that she even obtained approval from the Council on American-Islamic relations.

“I invite all women into the narrative that is embodied, hijab-wearing solidarity with our Muslim sisters—for whatever reason,” she stated.

Friends and followers of Hawkins’ Facebook page praised the professor, with some posting photos of themselves wearing a hijab to show that they had joined her movement.

“I too am a devout Christian that embraces my Muslim brothers and sisters as people of the book that worship the same God,” wrote Cynthia Petterson. “Embodied solidarity, I love it! You are amazing Larycia.”

“Thank you for walking this path before us and inviting us to follow. You are a picture of the faith I know and trust,” Paulann Canty stated.

But when reports of Hawkins gesture expanded beyond her Facebook page, others expressed deep concern.

“Wheaton College needs to sit down and have a talk with this ‘lady’ and tell her that the god of Islam was a pagan god, a moon god and is not the same God JEHOVAH that we worship, and that Islam is NOT that peaceful religion that she believes it is,” wrote one commenter. “If she is this naive as a teacher, God help her.”

“She is trying to serve two masters. As Scripture says, we cannot serve two masters because we will love one and hate the other or love the other and hate the one,” another stated. “God is a jealous God and will not share His glory with demons and pagans. I am sad that she is wrongly influencing young people seeking to serve Christ.”

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SEE ALSO: 

http://christiannews.net/2015/12/16/wheaton-college-suspends-hijab-wearing-professor-who-declared-we-all-worship-same-god/; EXCERPTS: Hawkins said that wearing the hijab is part of her Christmas worship, and that she is seeking to combat what she perceives to be “Islamophobia” in society. “In response to significant questions regarding the theological implications of statements that Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Larycia Hawkins has made about the relationship of Christianity to Islam, Wheaton College has placed her on administrative leave, pending the full review to which she is entitled as a tenured faculty member,” it said on Tuesday. “While Islam and Christianity are both monotheistic, we believe there are fundamental differences between the two faiths, including what they teach about God’s revelation to humanity, the nature of God, the path to salvation, and the life of prayer,” it said.

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SEE ALSO: 

http://christiannews.net/2015/12/18/wheaton-students-demand-reinstatement-of-hijab-wearing-professor-who-declared-we-all-worship-same-god/; EXCERPTS: Now, Wheaton students are protesting and have launched a petition calling for Hawkins to be reinstated.

“In the midst of a toxic socio-political environment where Muslims are the target of stigmatization, acts of aggression, and proposed policy which targets and alienates them, Dr. Hawkins acted in love and in solidarity to be an example of how Christ would respond,” the petition reads in part.

“There is nothing in Dr. Hawkins’ public statements that goes against the belief in the power and nature of God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit that the Statement of Faith deems as a necessary requirement for affiliation with Wheaton College,” it says.

Over 2,200 supporters have signed the petition, including those not affiliated with the college. But not all students agree with the professor.

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Hawkins speaks about her recent suspension from Wheaton College

THE STUDENT PROTEST

VIDEO OF PROTEST

Wheaton College Statement Regarding 

Dr. Larycia Hawkins

SEE: http://www.wheaton.edu/Media-Center/Media-Relations/Statements/Wheaton-College-Statement-Regarding-Dr-Hawkins; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, 

and research purposes:

December 16, 2015

Wheaton College is an academic community within a shared framework of faith that values a robust exchange of ideas among faculty and students on the critical issues of the day.

On December 15, 2015, Wheaton College placed Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Larycia Hawkins on paid administrative leave in order to give more time to explore theological implications of her recent public statements concerning Christianity and Islam. In the interim, College leadership has listened to the concerns of its students expressed through social media, a peaceful demonstration and one-on-one meetings with the administration.

As a Christian liberal arts institution, Wheaton College embodies a distinctive Protestant evangelical identity, represented in our Statement of Faith, which guides the leadership, faculty and students of Wheaton at the core of our institution’s identity. Upon entering into a contractual employment agreement, each of our faculty and staff members voluntarily commits to accept and model the Statement of Faith with integrity, compassion and theological clarity.

Contrary to some media reports, social media activity and subsequent public perception, Dr. Hawkins’ administrative leave resulted from theological statements that seemed inconsistent with Wheaton College’s doctrinal convictions, and is in no way related to her race, gender or commitment to wear a hijab during Advent.

Wheaton College believes the freedom to express one’s religion and live out one’s faith is vital to maintaining a pluralistic society and is central to the very reason our nation was founded, enabling us to live together despite our deepest differences. Equally important is the freedom of religious organizations to embody their deeply held -convictions.

Wheaton College rejects religious prejudice and unequivocally condemns acts of aggression and intimidation against anyone. Our Community Covenant upholds our obligations as Christ-followers to treat and speak about our neighbors with love and respect, as Jesus commanded us to do. But our compassion must be infused with theological clarity.

The freedom to wear a head scarf as a gesture of care and compassion for individuals in Muslim or other religious communities that may face discrimination or persecution is afforded to Dr. Hawkins as a faculty member of Wheaton College. Yet her recently expressed views, including that Muslims and Christians worship the same God, appear to be in conflict with the College’s Statement of Faith.

In all matters of faculty and staff conflict with the Statement of Faith, Wheaton College undergoes dialogue to determine if agreement can be found. Statements have been made in recent days raising similar questions by other faculty members from whom the College requested clarification. In those instances, the individuals rapidly and emphatically explained their opinions and affirmed their full consistency with the theological identity of Wheaton College.

However, the views expressed by Dr. Hawkins were more complex. Discussions between her and the administration were at an initial stage, and she was placed on administrative leave by Provost Dr. Stanton L. Jones in order to allow adequate time for reflection and review by Dr. Hawkins and the administration.

In her most recent statement, Dr. Hawkins seems committed to her personal theological stance, as stated in social media posts and subsequent media interviews; she has not yet reconciled her beliefs with the College’s theological position.

Dr. Hawkins will remain on paid administrative leave while the College continues the review process to which she is entitled as an employee and faculty member. This will include an assessment of her views related to our Statement of Faith through respectful and fair dialogue on these matters of strategic importance to our institutional identity and mission.

December 15, 2015

In response to significant questions regarding the theological implications of statements that Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Larycia Hawkins has made about the relationship of Christianity to Islam, Wheaton College has placed her on administrative leave, pending the full review to which she is entitled as a tenured faculty member.

Wheaton College faculty and staff make a commitment to accept and model our institution's faith foundations with integrity, compassion and theological clarity. 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.

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ECUMENICAL RADICAL SOCIALIST GOT HIRED BY APOSTATE WHEATON COLLEGE

CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE COUPLED WITH ISLAM, SHARIA & 

BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY, HER PHILOSOPHY

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

On Faculty since 2007

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Phone: (630)752-5209
Email: Larycia.Hawkins@wheaton.edu

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Oklahoma

M.P.A., University of Oklahoma

B.A., Rice University

About Larycia Hawkins

Prior to obtaining her Ph.D., Larycia Hawkins worked in state government administering federal programs, including the Social Security Disability Programs and the Community Development Block Grant. 

Dr. Hawkins’ research interests lie at the intersection of race, religion, and politics.  She is currently working to publish her dissertation, Framing the Faith-Based Initiative: Black Church Elites and the Black Policy Agenda.  Her active research agenda includes projects that explore the extent to which black theology frames black political rhetoric and how black theology is reflected on black political agendas, like those of the  Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP; and a project that considers the political activism of black congregations outside the ambit of the black church (i.e. black Catholic parishes, United Church of Christ). 

Active research projects include:

• “Jesus and Justice: The Moral Framing of the Black Policy Agenda”
• “Prophets in Purgatory: Black Political Churches Outside the Black Church Milieu”

Courses Taught

• American Government and Politics
• Religion and Politics
• Policy and Politics
• Race and Welfare Politics
• Interest Groups and Political Advocacy
• Research Methodology
• Senior Seminar
• BRIDGE Course, Race, Welfare, and Politics

Membership in Professional Societies

• American Political Science Association, 1999 to present
• Christians in Political Science, 2000 to present

Publications and Presentations

Books

Black, Amy, Doug Koopman, and Larycia Hawkins, Eds.  2011.  Religion and American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives.  Pearson.

Book Chapters

Hawkins, Larycia.  2006.  “Religion, Race, and Rhetoric: The Black Church, Interest Groups, and Charitable Choice.” In eds. David S. Gutterman and Andrew R. Murphy, Religion, Politics, and the American Experience after September 11: New Directions, New Controversies.  Lexington Books.

Articles

Hawkins, Larycia.  2002.  “A Live Wire? The Politics of Electricity Deregulation in Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Policy Studies Review: Volume III, Number 1, 14-19.

Editorials

Hawkins, Larycia.  February 5, 2007.  “A Challenge to Obama: Jump Ship.”Chicago Tribune.

Conference Presentations

Hawkins, Larycia.  2010.  “Jesus and Justice: The Moral Framing of the Black Policy Agenda.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C.

Invited Participant. 2010.  “God’s Economy: Faith-Based Initiatives and the Caring State.”  Presented at Catholics and Evangelicals for the Common Good Colloquium, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana,

Hawkins, Larycia and Larisa Yun.  2008.  “The Moral of the Story: Religious Policy Images Meet the Transnational Movement for Debt Forgiveness.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco.

Hawkins, Larycia.  2007.  “And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Black Pastors and the Policy Venue of the Faith-Based Initiative.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago.

Hawkins, Larycia.  2006.  “Standing in the Gap: Black Pastors and the Black Policy Agenda.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia.

Hawkins, Larycia.  2006.  “Black Pastors and the Black Policy Agenda: Policy Images of the Faith-Based Initiative.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

Hawkins, Larycia.  2005.  “Follow the Civil Rights Road: Black Capture Meets the Faith-Based and Community Initiative.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C.
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Apostate Christian College “Talks” With Professor Who Believes Muslims Worship The Same God As Christians – Does Not Ask Her To Resign

SEE: http://the-trumpet-online.com/apostate-christian-college-talks-with-professor-who-believes-muslims-worship-the-same-god-as-christians-does-not-ask-her-to-resign/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

WHEATON, Ill. — Talks have broken down between a prominent Christian-identified university in Illinois and an associate political science director who was placed on leave after she declared in a self-initiated hijab-wearing campaign to fight “Islamophobia” that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

As previously reported, Larycia Hawkins posted to Facebook two photos of herself wearing a hijab earlier this month, and stated in a lengthy explanation that she plans to wear it everywhere she goes during the Advent—including at the Christian college and to church.

“I stand in human solidarity with my Muslim neighbor because we are formed of the same primordial clay, descendants of the same cradle of humankind—a cave in Sterkfontein, South Africa that I had the privilege to descend into to plumb the depths of our common humanity in 2014,” Hawkins wrote.

She said that not only does she have a common ancestry with Muslims, but that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

“I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book,” Hawkins asserted. “And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.”

Hawkins said that wearing the hijab is part of her Christmas worship, and that she is seeking to combat what she perceives to be “Islamophobia” in society.

“As part of my Advent worship, I will wear the hijab to work at Wheaton College, to play in Chi-town, in the airport and on the airplane to my home state that initiated one of the first anti-Sharia laws (read: unconstitutional and Islamophobic), and at church,” she wrote.
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In light of controversy over the matter, especially Hawkins assertion that Christians and Muslims worship the same God, the professor was placed on paid administrative leave by university officials while a review would be conducted.

“Wheaton College faculty and staff make a commitment to accept and model our institution’s faith foundations with integrity, compassion, and theological clarity,” the college said in a statement. “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.”

But talks between Wheaton officials and Hawkins have now reached a stalemate as she has refused a proposal by the school to allow her to teach, but with the revocation of her tenure for the next two years.

“I was naively thinking they wanted to cooperate,” she told reporters. “I have tenure, and I have to fight for that.”

Hawkins said that she believes the college is moving toward termination, and remarked that she refuses to resign.

Wheaton officials acknowledged on Tuesday that talks have come to a standstill as Hawkins has refused to continue discussions with members of administration about her “same God” beliefs.

“Extremely frank conversation and communication have taken place in recent days,” the college said in a statement on Tuesday. “The college’s perspective is that additional theological clarification is necessary before Dr. Hawkins may resume her full duties. Regrettably, Dr. Hawkins has clearly stated her unwillingness to further participate in clarifying conversations.”

However, officials denied any attempts to force Hawkins out of her teaching position.

“At Dr. Hawkins’ request, the college proposed the terms of separation if she chose to resign. We have not asked her to resign and did not suggest that she do so,” the statement said. “Although Dr. Hawkins and the college have begun discussions regarding the possibility of a voluntary resignation, those discussions have not yet been successful and may have reached an impasse.”

It reiterated that the school takes its Statement of Faith seriously.

“[A]ll faculty and staff are expected not merely to sign it as a cursory requirement of employment, but also to affirm it as an expression of their own beliefs,” officials explained. “As they participate in various causes, it is essential that faculty and staff engage and speak about issues in ways that faithfully represent the college’s Statement of Faith, which is at the core of our identity and mission.”

Wheaton hopes to resume discussions after the new year.

MUSLIM WOMAN SWORN IN AS NEW YORK JUDGE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE ON KORAN

Muslim Woman Sworn in as New York Judge While Taking Oath on Koran

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/12/15/muslim-woman-sworn-in-as-new-york-judge-while-taking-oath-on-koran/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

NEW YORK — A Muslim woman was recently sworn in as a judge in New York City, choosing to take her oath on the Koran instead of the Bible.

After being elected to the position last month, Carolyn Walker-Diallo was sworn in last Thursday as a civil judge for the 7th Municipal District at Brooklyn Borough Hall. She wore a hijab as she repeated her oath with one hand placed on the Koran.

“I, Carolyn Walker-Diallo, do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge my duties as judge of the civil court of the city of New York, so help me God,” she repeated.

A video of Walker-Diallo taking the oath was posted to Facebook, with a description stating, “Judge Walker sworn in as a judge holding the Holy Quran at the Brooklyn Borough Hall.”

Walker-Diallo had offered thanks to Allah on her campaign website after winning the seat in November.

“All praise is indeed due to the Most High!” she wrote. “I am humbled that my community has entrusted me with the immense responsibility of ensuring that EVERYONE has notice and a FAIR opportunity to be heard in the halls of justice.”

Public reaction has been mixed over whether Walker-Diallo should have been allowed to take her oath on the Koran.

“The problem is that America isn’t a Christian nation. It’s supposed to accept all religions and be a nation that accepts people regardless of their race, religion, and now sexual orientation,” one commenter wrote. “If we don’t allow all to be equal and free, then we lose the essence that makes us truly American.”

“In thinking about this, I believe it is foolish for Muslims to be in positions of authority,” another stated. “It’s just asking for trouble; but there is no point in swearing them in on Bibles, since the Bible means nothing to them. Unfortunately, their holy book tells them it is okay to say and do whatever furthers the cause of Islam.”

“Allah is not God. How does a person swearing to the law of a foreign political organization administer law based upon God’s word?” a third asked. “How does Islamic law apply in a sovereign U.S. court, Judge Walker? You know it can’t and you don’t believe in God’s law.”

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