Muslim Court Employee's Claims Dismissed

In Huri v. Circuit Court, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57961 (ND IL, April 25, 2012), an Illinois federal district court dismissed Title VII, free exercise, establishment clause and equal protection claims by a Muslim woman who worked as a Child Care Attendant in the Children's Advocacy Rooms of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Plaintiff, who wore a headscarf for religious reasons, alleged that her supervisor referred to himself an others as good Christians, that she was once involuntarily drawn into a Christian prayer circle conducted by her supervisor, and that she has been subjected to discriminatory treatment and a hostile work environment.