Professor suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God [View all]

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A Wheaton College professor suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God declared Tuesday that she would fight efforts by the private evangelical college to force her out.

Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor who earlier this month demonstrated solidarity with her Muslim neighbors by wearing a hijab, said she will not accept a proposal offered by the college to teach again next fall that would revoke her tenure for at least two years. She said the college appears to be moving toward termination, meanwhile she has rejected suggestions to resign.

"I was naively thinking they wanted to cooperate," she said. "I have tenure, and I have to fight for that."

On Tuesday, Wheaton confirmed that conversations had reached a stalemate.

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