Safoorah Khan had taught middle school math for only nine months in this tiny Chicago suburb when she made an unusual request. She wanted three weeks off for a pilgrimage to Mecca.The DOJ is not just reaching out to Muslims, they're protecting their own.
The school district, faced with losing its only math lab instructor during the critical end-of-semester marking period, said no. Khan, a devout Muslim, resigned and made the trip anyway.
Justice Department lawyers examined the same set of facts and reached a different conclusion: that the school district’s decision amounted to outright discrimination against Khan. They filed an unusual lawsuit, accusing the district of violating her civil rights by forcing her to choose between her job and her faith.
As the case moves forward in federal court in Chicago, it has triggered debate over whether the Justice Department was following a purely legal path or whether suing on Khan’s behalf was part of a broader Obama administration campaign to reach out to Muslims.
No first year employee in any job is going to be given three weeks off, especially if it comes at a critical time of the year for the employer. This is a frivolous case and the DOJ should have stayed out of it.
By the way, in the online poll at the Washington Post 83% of the respondents agreed that the teacher's request was unreasonable.
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Not that the DOJ reads polls, or cares about the results.
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