Court dismisses muslim bias claim

A muslim high school hall monitor, Fard Mohammed, sued Case high for religious discrimination after he was suspended for 10 days in 2000. The court dismissed Mohammed's claims stating that the school had ample reason to suspend him for 10 days. Journaltimes

A principal's order that a Muslim employee stop wearing a religious hat and ring was not discriminatory because it was never enforced, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday.

The District 4 Court of Appeals said former Case High School hall monitor Fard Mohammed never stopped wearing the black skullcap known as a kufi and the "pilgrimage" ring and was never disciplined for doing so. That means that no religious discrimination occurred despite then-Principal Bryan Wright's 1998 directive, the three-judge panel ruled.[...]

Court records show Mohammed was fired in 2005 after a series of disciplinary problems, some that stemmed from female students' complaints that he was offering to give them gifts and making them feel uncomfortable.

On Thursday, the court rejected his claim that a 10-day suspension he received in 2000 for leaving work without authorization and other rule violations was religious discrimination. The school district had ample cause for that action, the court found.