The professor at Union County College yelled at and humiliated Maryam Naziri and filed a complaint against her with Elizabeth Police, Naziri claims in a federal lawsuit filed last month.
The lawsuit is the second this year alleging a professor at the public college mistreated a student because she is Muslim. A different student in the spring claimed a business professor said all Muslims are terrorists and unfairly gave her an 'F' for the class.
According to Defendant Worrell, a dispute over a math test with a female student who wears a hijab constitutes terrorism," Naziri's attorney, Tariq Hussain, wrote in the lawsuit. "Such an absurd and defamatory statement can only be motivated by Defendant Worrell's Islamophobic, xenophobic and discriminatory beliefs.
Naziri alleges Worrell also shouted at her another time, responded to her questions in a demeaning way and refused to give her credit for answering questions in class.
An Elizabeth Police spokesman on Friday could not immediately confirm that Worrell had filed a complaint against Naziri.
The lawsuit is the second this year alleging a professor at the public college mistreated a student because she is Muslim. A different student in the spring claimed a business professor said all Muslims are terrorists and unfairly gave her an 'F' for the class.
According to Defendant Worrell, a dispute over a math test with a female student who wears a hijab constitutes terrorism," Naziri's attorney, Tariq Hussain, wrote in the lawsuit. "Such an absurd and defamatory statement can only be motivated by Defendant Worrell's Islamophobic, xenophobic and discriminatory beliefs.
Naziri alleges Worrell also shouted at her another time, responded to her questions in a demeaning way and refused to give her credit for answering questions in class.
An Elizabeth Police spokesman on Friday could not immediately confirm that Worrell had filed a complaint against Naziri.
Worrell was not listed in Union County College's online directory as of Friday afternoon. A spokeswoman for the college declined to say whether Worrell still worked there.
A woman who answered the phone at Worrell's house on Friday said Worrell was not home and declined to take a message. No lawyer is listed for Worrell in court records.
Worrell then told the college's affirmative action officer and Elizabeth Police that Naziri, who wears a hijab, had acted in a way that constituted a "terroristic threat," the lawsuit says.
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