Religious Left virtue signaling. Showing others, particularly their non-Muslim American neighbors, what good Christians they are. Apparently they are unaware of what Jesus had to say about such public displays of “virtue” (see below). Furthermore, Pandering to Muslims by wearing a hijab doesn’t tell they are “loved”, it just tells them you are soft-headed and willing to surrender your values and lifestyle in order to be “liked” by them. Their holy book , the Qur’an, tells them not to be friends with an infidel like you so you are fooling yourself if you imagine acts of “solidarity” will make observant Muslims truly like and respect you: "O believers! Take neither Jews nor Christians as your protecting friends (auliya): they are only protecting friends of one another. Whoever of you disobeys this commandment will be counted as one of them. Surely God does not guide the wrongdoers." -Qur’an; 5:51.
"Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers (Kuffar) rather than believers; if any do that in nothing will there be help from Allah; except by way of precaution that ye may guard yourselves from them. But God cautions you (to remember) Himself for the final goal is to Allah." (Qur’an; 3:28)
What did the Apostle Paul say about pandering to militant non-Christians? “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” – 2 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV)
“9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”- Galatians 6:9-10 (NIV)
Would that the religious left be as concerned about doing good toward their fellow Christians. Especially those Christians being persecuted in the Middle-East by the co-religionists of the very Muslims they are pandering too.
1“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 5“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
-Matthew 6:1-8 (NIV)
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A high school guidance counselor is attempting to counter anti-Muslim rhetoric by wearing an Islamic hijab to her public school every Monday — an effort that she launched after her pastor spoke about the importance of challenging oneself to make a difference.
“I felt moved out of my comfort zone,” Martha DeVries said of the motivating sermon.
DeVries, the 47-year-old wife of a youth pastor who resides in Kansas City, Missouri, also explained that she felt a responsibility to show her support for refugees and Muslims based on some of the political rhetoric that has been raging of late.
“I’ve just gotten very tired of hearing so many negative things, like Donald Trump’s ‘let’s not let Muslim immigrants into the United States’ and the scare on Syrian refugees,” DeVries told Baptist News Global last month.
In addition to the rhetoric, DeVries cited the Bible’s proclamation that Christians should love others — a message that she is hoping to bolster by wearing the Muslim headscarf.
“I think of Muslims in my community as my neighbors and it’s not my job to judge them or determine their salvation,” she said. “My job is to love them.”
DeVries continued, “Someone needs to be communicating with Muslims that there are Christians in this nation who love them.”
She said that the act of solidarity — which was undertaken after receiving advice from Muslim women about the appropriateness of wearing the hijab — received no negative feedback in school or her community since she started wearing it in December; she plans to continue through May.
DeVries recently told Religion News Service that her goal is to “walk in someone else’s shoes.”
“It’s really easy to be a Christian in the United States. Lots of people share my faith, lots of people share my holidays, so it’s not really a struggle,” she told the outlet. “What’s a headscarf? It’s 3 yards of material. That shouldn’t separate me from someone whose humanity is so much like mine.”
DeVries’ husband, Mike, fully supports the effort, saying that he believes it is a nice idea.
“The first thing I thought was, hmm, is she really going to do that?” he told Baptist News Global. “I thought it was kind of cool, actually.”
DeVries’ move comes after Dr. Larycia A. Hawkins, a former professor at Wheaton College, also decided to wear a hijab in solidarity with Muslims, but comments that Hawkins made about Islam and Christianity worshipping the “same God” led to her suspension and ultimate departure from the Christian school.
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