(RNS) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization has lodged a charge of religious discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission following a Maryland middle school teacher’s forced administrative leave.In the complaint, filed Wednesday (Dec. 6), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Legal Defense Fund said its client, a Muslim woman, was unfairly put on indefinite leave from her post at Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland, after expressing support for Palestine amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
On Dec. 8, the organization and supporters gathered outside of the MCPS Board of Education for a news conference detailing the EEOC complaint.
The plaintiff, Hajur El-Haggan, has taught sixth and seventh grade math in the school district for almost a decade.
On Nov. 20, according to the complaint, an administrator informed El-Haggan that she was placed on leave for violating the district’s employee code of conduct with her email signature, which stated, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
“I am an American of Sudanese and Egyptian national origin who has been very public and supportive of the fight for justice,” said El-Haggan at Friday’s news conference. “It is intr …
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On Dec. 8, the organization and supporters gathered outside of the MCPS Board of Education for a news conference detailing the EEOC complaint.
The plaintiff, Hajur El-Haggan, has taught sixth and seventh grade math in the school district for almost a decade.
On Nov. 20, according to the complaint, an administrator informed El-Haggan that she was placed on leave for violating the district’s employee code of conduct with her email signature, which stated, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
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