Tarrant Co. College students freak out when astronomy professor covers his face, rants about Islam
Hurst -- He says he sees a connection between the subject matter he teaches, astronomy, and his religion, Islam.
But announcing that connection in a darkened classroom with his face covered by a scarf Tuesday got one Tarrant County College adjunct professor suspended indefinitely, said Suzanne Groves, TCC's executive director of communications.
Several students attending Daniel Mashburn's astronomy lecture Tuesday were scared enough by his rant on the moon and the Muslim faith to call campus police. Officers responded and questioned Mashburn, but did not arrest him Tuesday evening.
Groves said a TCC investigation into the matter is ongoing, and that Mashburn has been suspended pending the results of that investigation. She said the spring semester was Mashburn's second term teaching at TCC.
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