Greater love…

A Kenyan Muslim who shielded Christians from an attack by members of the terrorist group al-Shabaab in December has died of his wounds. In an interview before he died, Salah Farah said this: “They told us if you are a Muslim, we are safe. There were some people who were not Muslim. They hid their heads,” he said. …

In which Prof. Hawkins schools the lot of us in love

Prof. Larycia Hawkins was placed on paid administrative leave by her employer, Wheaton College, after she donned a hijab to show solidarity with her Muslim brothers and sisters, and declared that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. I wrote this originally, but then last week, Wheaton College began a procedure that could lead to …

They’re moving to fire the hijab-wearing professor

And there are all kinds of reasons that it’s wrong for Wheaton College to treat Dr. Larycia Hawkins that way. I write about it here, for Patheos.

I stand with Larycia Hawkins

Hawkins is — or was — a political science associate professor at Wheaton College who said she’d wear a hijab through Advent to show solidarity with her Muslim brothers and sisters. Wheaton then placed her on administrative leave. You can read the college’s statement here, and good luck finding any specifics as to why they chose this …

What’s the big deal about a hijab?

A Saudi Arabia athlete is scheduled to participate in the Olympic event of judo on Friday, but she wears a hijab, a head scarf and a traditional form of Muslim dress, and officials say Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani, who was born and raised in the U.S., cannot wear her head scarf during competition. Her …