Suit Claims Public School Discriminated Against Student Because of His Muslim Religion

Yesterday's New York Post reports on an "incendiary" lawsuit filed in federal district court in Brooklyn claiming that a Brooklyn public school refused to promote 5th grader Abedin Kajoshaj to the 6th grade because of his Muslim religion.  The boy claims he had the grades to move on in PS 180, the SEEALL Academy in Borough Park, but he was ordered to repeat 5th grade. He says this is part of a pattern of discrimination against him based on his religious faith. The suit seeks damages of at least $600,000.