https://freerepublic.com/tag/elhaggan/ en-us Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:32:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4202795/posts (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... Religion News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4202795/posts#comment Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:32:12 GMT