Sharia Law in Florida Court: Islamophobia is Employment Discrimination

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You are sworn-in as a juror in a Florida Court: Using Sharia law, you will decide whether a county government employer blasphemed Islam, and by doing so, wrongfully terminated an employee, a Muslim woman, from two, related jobs.

Were Islamophobia and race the primary reasons for termination used by Seminole County’s two agencies: The Tax Collector, and Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller?

Plaintiff’s allegations

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Minaz Mukhi-Skees submitted a Charge of Discrimination (08-19-17) to the Florida Commission on Human Relations, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her causes of discrimination are based on race, sex and religion.

“On June 22, 2017, I was involuntarily terminated from my position as Customer Service Representative/Accounting Clerk with the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office. I had been employed with the Tax Collector since November 3, 2014.” [Charge, PARTICULARS, I. Personal Harm]

“I believe that I have been subjected to discrimination based on my sex (female) and due to pregnancy and on the basis of my race (Asian-Indian), and religion (Islam), based on the following reasons:” [Charge; III. Discrimination Statement]

Charge “(1) Since taking office in January, 2017, Mr. [Joel] Greenberg has terminated and/or constructively discharged 5 minority employees, including myself. We are the only employees from the former administration under Ray Valdes, who have been terminated;”

Charge “(2) Mr. Greenberg made a comment on Facebook that, ‘[t]his is the reality of unchecked Muslim immigration’ which he ultimately removed;” and

Charge “(3) I went out on maternity leave on April 12, 2017 and returned early, on June 19, 2017, as I was told by Administrative Officer, Michael McLean, that I was needed. Although I was offered a total raise of 7%, and possessed the only 4 year degree within the Accounting Department I was terminated three days after my return, on June 22, 2017.”

A Right to Sue (08-17-18) was issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, citing: “More than 180 days have passed since the filing of this charge.” Also: “The EEOC is terminating the processing of this charge.” Translated: The claimant exhausted her administrative remedy, so she can pursue the next remedy of access to court. This notice is not evidence or substantiation of the claim.

The above is reiterated in Mukhi-SkeesComplaint in court, and further alleges: “After Plaintiff’s termination from the Tax Collector’s Office, Plaintiff applied for and was hired by the Defendant CLERK.” [Clerk of Court; Complaint ¶29].

“A copy of the charge was sent to the Tax Collector’s Office and received by it on or about September 17, 2017.” [Complaint ¶30].

“On the following Monday, less than one business day after the Tax Collector’s Office had been notified of Plaintiff’s charge, Plaintiff was terminated by the Clerk of Court.” [Complaint ¶31].

“Plaintiffs [sic] ask for in excess of $250,000 in economic, compensatory, and punitive damages (subject to amendment based on discovery) or such amount awarded by a jury.” [Complaint; Relief Requested]

Seminole County’s defense

A Process Server has yet to deliver the Complaint and Summons to the government of Seminole County, Florida, on behalf of the offices of Tax Collector and Clerk of Court. Therefore, responsive pleadings have not been filed in federal court.

“Officials with the tax collector’s office wouldn’t comment on pending litigation, but did provide WESH 2 News with the response it gave to equal employment [EEOC] after the [Charge of Discrimination] she filed last year. The office suggested there was a, [sic] ‘negative attitude exhibited toward both her colleagues and her supervisors,’ and that she was, ‘difficult to work with and was often uncooperative.’”

Minaz Mukhi-Skees alleged in her Charge: “I was terminated by Joel Greenberg, Tax Collector, because he was the newly elected Tax Collector and I was ‘at will.’” [Charge; II. Respondent’s reason]

In her Complaint, she alleged: “The Clerk of Court informed Plaintiff that she was an at will employee and that her employment had been terminated … by the Human Resources Department of Seminole County.” [Complaint ¶¶32-33]

A constitutional officer, as an elected official, may retain current employees; or, “clean house” by terminating and / or replacing an employee, absent a contract such as one negotiated by a union. This is known as an “at will” employee.

No employment contract is alleged by Minaz Mukhi-Skees.

Consider an analogy at the federal level in the executive branch: As an elected official, the President of the United States has the constitutional authority to appoint and terminate employees. [Art. II, s. 2, U.S. Const; commonly called the “Article II power.”] An example is President Donald J. Trump’s firing of James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; However, most  appointments (replacements) usually require advice and consent by the U.S. Senate. Presidents historically have “cleaned house” of attorneys within in the U.S. Justice Department.

The “at will” defense, alone, should dismiss this case.

Plaintiff cries Islamophobia and race

Lawsuits often are less about the merits, and more about extortion of settlement as “go away money.” Is there a valid claim when the Plaintiff tries to destroy the character of a person or organization?

Islamophobia and racism are alleged by Minaz Mukhi-Skees in her Complaint: “Joel Greenberg has a history of posting several anti-Muslim posts on social media.” [Complaint; ¶20; Exhibit C].

Let us examine Plaintiff’s claims of Islamophobia. In Plaintiff’s first example, she attached an alleged screen-shot of Joel Greenberg’s post on his Facebook page, described below. However, such a post usually is a comment related to an attached news story. Did Plaintiff crop-out (delete) the related news story? The post is undated, and without reference to a URL. The screen shot is undated. There is not an investigator’s sworn affidavit of the authenticity of the proffered post. Absent basic rules of investigatory preservation of evidence, the post is not admissible in court.

The alleged post: “This is the reality of unchecked Muslim immigration.” A search engine was used to research this sentence for possible clues of context. The phrase, “unchecked Muslim immigration,” has been used by politicians and pundits to describe the lack of vetting of refugees from then ISIS-controlled Middle East, and many instances of migrants’ jihadi attacks.

Plaintiff’s definition of Islamophobia would be applied to this post (11-14-15) by the Rev. Franklin Graham: “I’ve said this before, and many people criticized me for saying it. We must reform our immigration policies in the United States. We cannot allow Muslim immigrants to come across our borders unchecked while we are fighting this war on terror. If we continue to allow Muslim immigration, we’ll see much more of what happened in Paris–it’s on our doorstep. France and Europe are being overrun by young Muslim men from the Middle East, and they do not know their backgrounds or their motives and intentions. Islam is not a peaceful religion as George W. Bush told us and as President Barack Obama has said–that is just not true. Our president and our politicians in Washington need to wake up before it’s too late. This is not the time to be politically correct. Our nation’s security is at stake. The future of our children and grandchildren is at stake. We should not allow any political or religious group who want to destroy us and our way of life to immigrate to this country. Right now let us continue to pray for the victims and family members of the #parisattacks.”

In Plaintiff’s second example, she attached an alleged screen-shot of Joel Greenberg’s post on his Facebook page:

“A very simple question… Name just ONE society in the developed world that has benefited in ANY WAY from the introduction of more Muslims. Just one,” Joel Greenberg posted (08-18-18; afternoon). “Asking for a friend.”

It was based on Neal Boortz’s Tweet (08-18-18; morning), which linked to Jihad Watch’s story about a botched female genital mutilation.

On social media, observe the absence of any serious answer. Instead, inquiring minds want to complain about the question, and attack anyone who dares to pose the question for public discourse. Robert Spencer is an expert on Islam. Neal Boortz is a retired host of a talk show on radio. Joel Greenberg is the Tax Collector for Seminole County, Florida. So what?  The question was posed by Boortz and Greenberg as individuals, not as an official inquiry by a government official. [Geller Report]

Muslims and Democrats have protested for the resignation or removal of Joel Greenberg as Tax Collector for Seminole County, Florida.

“This is Islamophobic,” said Rasha Mubarak, a Muslim activist, who criticized Greenberg individually (Orlando Sentinel); and Greenberg as a politician. (WESH-TV) Rasha Mubarak was the “Orlando Regional Coordinator for the Council on American Islamic Relations Florida.” In-other-words, a spokesperson for CAIR-Florida, until July, 2018, according to her page on Facebook. CAIR was named a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates in 2014. (Fox News) Rasha Mubarak now is the President of Young Democrats of Orange County, Florida.

The call for Greenberg’s resignation was renewed during a press conference, concerning the lawsuit, by Minaz Mukhi-Skees, and her attorney, Carlos Leach. [Not “Leech;” see their goofy photo courtesy of Orlando Weekly]

Criticism of Islam is blasphemy

“Islamophobic? Of course I’m not Islamophobic. I don’t care what religion people are,” Greenberg said, as the Orlando Sentinel paraphrased: “adding that he thought members of all religions ‘benefited’ society.”

Islam is actually a political system wrapped in a religion. “Only the political system is of interest to kafirs (non-Muslims) since it determines how we are defined and treated. The Islamic political system is contained in the Koran, the Hadith (the traditions of Mohammed) and his biography, the Sira.” (Political Islam)

Death is the penalty for blasphemy under Sharia law.

Conclusion

Plaintiff seeks money for a claim of Islamophobia, a politically correct version of Sharia law, in an American court. This creeping Sharia leads to Civilization Jihad:

“Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Quran should be the highest authority in America.” – CAIR founding chairman Omar Ahmad, quoted in the Muslim Mafia, by P. David Gaubatz [Ch. 17, p. 265; See Ahmad’s denial: fn1, p. 400]. Read the Muslim Brotherhood (HAMAS-CAIR)’s Strategic Memorandum to designate Islam as the official religion and impose Sharia law in the United States. (Clarion Project; Geller Report)

One attorney’s business model may be “door law,” in which he takes any client who walks through the door. Another attorney may pursue “shake-down law,” in which he hopes the defendant will cave under the high cost of litigation and instead settle for “go away money.”

If a person came to my law office, and presented a case based on these facts and law, I would show her the door. My integrity is more important than money.

Read the lawsuit’s pleadings:

  1. Complaint;
  2. Exhibits A-C; and
  3. Notice of Pendency of related case.

Read a related case’s pleadings:

  1. Complaint; and
  2. Answer.

Gerald Lostutter is a Florida licensed attorney, college professor, journalist, and life member of the National Rifle Association. This article does not create an attorney-client relationship. You should consult a licensed attorney for advice.

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

They are trying to use our laws against us.

Dave
Dave
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

they ARE using our own laws against us, and this BS must stop. Interesting that applications for law school are dropping like crazy. There are too many whores (male and female) in the legal profession dumbing down our legal system just like in education. I left teaching because of common core-it is a lethal process. I’m still working on how 2+2=5. As for our immigration system: a complete political sham! Close it till 2020.

Commieobamie
Commieobamie
5 years ago

islam IS EVIL. KILL it before it grows.

spacearcadian
spacearcadian
5 years ago
Reply to  Commieobamie

Islam is a gift to mankind and will dominate Europe, USA and the West. Step by step Sharia Law will rule USA

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
5 years ago
Reply to  spacearcadian

Hold the phone.
Read the following from “The Book”, II Thessalonians 1, and learn the fate of Mohammed and unrepentant Islam:
1:007 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
1:008 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1:009 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
1:010 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

ed
ed
5 years ago
Reply to  spacearcadian

Dominate your goat’s rectal cavity and put the keyboard down……

teachersaide
teachersaide
5 years ago
Reply to  spacearcadian

The USA Second Amendment will NOT allow the Constitution to be destroyed by Jihadists nor Leftist Marxists.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  spacearcadian

My…..back on the keyboard after all those days of intense electro shock therapy. How do you do it.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

“Minaz Mukhi-Skees alleged in her Charge: “I was terminated by Joel Greenberg, Tax Collector, because he was the newly elected Tax Collector and I was ‘at will.’” [Charge; II. Respondent’s reason]…” By her own admission, she was an ‘at will’ employee.’ She’s got no leg to stand on and her lawyer should give her a lecture about filing frivolous cases, instead of taking her case and clogging up the courts.

Mohammed_Goldberg
Mohammed_Goldberg
5 years ago

Hold over employees are usually replaced at the earliest opportunity. Her case probably has no merit, so she will play the “religion” card. Hope the judge has the common sense to throw out the case.

jkarna
jkarna
5 years ago

Send her back to her Islamic sh*hole where she can work in a harem.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

More of the American government’s blind Islamophilia…

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

What about Christianophobia exhibited by lieberals and Moslems? What about the waycism of Negroes?? Why is it always white people that suffer from Islamophobia and waycism???

What about Whitenophobia suffered by these people? Can’t they be prosecuted for that?

jerrys
jerrys
5 years ago

Al-taqiyya and dissimulation are words used for a practice of Muslims blatantly lying to non-Muslims. All but some of the most fundamental Muslims consider the act of Al-taqiyya or lying to non-Muslims to be a good work. This is very important when one remembers that, in Islam, salvation is determined by good works. This means that a Muslim lying to a non-Muslim is that Muslim doing a good work to earn salvation. It is almost equivalent to a Christian accepting Jesus as his savior. One of the big differences is that a Christian only needs to accept Jesus as his savior once to become saved forever but a Muslim must do his good works consistently and repeatedly to earn his salvation with the except of the greatest work of dying while fighting non-Muslims.

All muslims have been trained in treachery, deceit and the dozen or so ways to lie from birth. No moslem should be permitted in any form of government service. islam is at war with us . moslems are the enemy. Giving aid or comfort to our enemies is treason.

YancyHomes1
YancyHomes1
5 years ago

A “warning shot” to all employers has been shot across the bow.

Michael Jacobs
Michael Jacobs
5 years ago

What a sad misunderstanding of the legal process, and of the facts of this case, this article displays. First of all, a “right to sue” letter means the government civil-rights office involved, DECLINED to pursue the case for this lady. Secondly, it is only at the Complaint stage — the very BEGINNING of a lawsuit, where Defendant has not even been served with process, let alone filed an answer. So all we are getting reported is the Plaintiff’s side. Thirdly, the public discussion over Greenberg’s Facebook post is an entirely different issue than whether he had a right to fire this lady without consequences. Ms. Geller’s website is careful to distinguish between opposition to the principles of the Islamic religion and Islamic law, and expressions of hatred or bigotry against Muslim INDIVIDUALS. Expressing opinions on the former is every person’s right in a free society like the USA; expressing blanket, stereotypical opinions about Muslim individuals is bigotry, and is prohibited by US civil rights laws if an individual is being discriminated against (in certain contexts, including employment) on the basis of their perceived race, ethnicity, or religion (among other protected classifications). I have no idea what the facts will ultimately show once this lawsuit moves forward, but can confidently state (A) it was filed under longstanding US civil rights laws, not “sharia law,” (B) there is at least a colorable claim that she was discriminated against (fired) on the basis of her religion (Islam), and (C) a public official like Greenberg is NEVER just acting as a “private person” when he posts offensive material to social media. Haven’t we learned that lesson yet?

The high dudgeon expressed in this article is a tempest in a teapot, so far, in my opinion.

iprazhm
iprazhm
5 years ago

So many on the right scoffed and said “OUR courts will NEVER refer to sharia law over our own constitution.” How wrong they were. It is spreading through the judicial system like cancer in courts rooms ruled over by treacherous liberal judges. Florida is a main hub of islam and it’s terrorists. Muslims have positions of authority and favor in the courts, in law enforcement, city governments and in liberal society.

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