Thursday, January 25, 2018

Suit Claims University Employee Dismissed Because of Anti-Muslim Discrimination

A former employee of Youngstown State University's Center for Student Progress filed suit this week claiming that his termination stemmed from discriminatory treatment against him because he is a Muslim.  The complaint (full text) in Jadun v. Youngstown Sate University, (ND OH, filed 1/23/2018) claims that the employee's dismissal violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as well as Ohio anti-discrimination law (ORC 4112.02). WFMJ News reports on the lawsuit.