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NJ Teacher Used Olympian As Role Model For Students Before She Ruined Her Life, Lawsuit Says NJ Teacher Used Olympian As Role Model For Students Before She Ruined Her Life, Lawsuit Says
NJ Teacher Used Olympian As Role Model For Students Before She Ruined Her Life, Lawsuit Says The person who Tamar Herman says is responsible for ruining her life was someone she knew, she says. Someone who she exercised with, had exchanged phone numbers with and become Facebook friends with. So, why Ibtihaj Muhammad failed to reach out to Herman before publishing the social media post that upended her 30-year teaching career and forced her out of the community she's been apart of for decades, is beyond her, according to Herman's attorney, Erik Dykema, with The Lawfare Project. According to a lawsuit filed against Muhammad, an Olympic fencer and non-profit Muslim group Ca…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Teacher Accused By Olympian Of Ripping Off Student's Hijab Won't Face Charges: Prosecutor NJ Teacher Accused By Olympian Of Ripping Off Student's Hijab Won't Face Charges: Prosecutor
NJ Teacher Accused By Olympian Of Ripping Off Student's Hijab Won't Face Charges: Prosecutor No charges will be brought against a North Jersey teacher accused by an Olympian of ripping a student's hijab off last year, authorities announced. The student's mom was backed by former Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad in accusing second-grade teacher Tamar Herman of “forcibly removing" the head covering from the Seth Boyden Elementary School student on Oct. 6. Herman later issued a statement through her attorney saying she was just trying to fix the girl's hood. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced on Jan. 19 that there was "insufficient evidence to sustain a criminal p…

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NJ Teacher Accused Of Ripping Hijab Off Student Was Trying To Fix Her Hood, Attorney Says NJ Teacher Accused Of Ripping Hijab Off Student Was Trying To Fix Her Hood, Attorney Says
NJ Teacher Accused Of Ripping Hijab Off Student Was Trying To Fix Her Hood, Attorney Says A New Jersey teacher accused by a former Olympian of pulling a 7-year-old student's hijab off was just trying to fix her hood, her attorney told Daily Voice. "This is not a story about a teacher who forcibly removed a student’s hijab," said Samantha Harris, the attorney representing Tamar Herman, a teacher in the Maplewood South Orange school district.  "This is a story about social media, misinformation, and what happens when people publicize rumors without any knowledge of or regard for the truth." The story began getting media attention after former Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad took …

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Olympian Accuses NJ Teacher Of Pulling Hijab From 7-Year-Old Student's Head Olympian Accuses NJ Teacher Of Pulling Hijab From 7-Year-Old Student's Head
Olympian Accuses NJ Teacher Of Pulling Hijab From 7-Year-Old Student's Head A North Jersey family is accusing their 7-year-old daughter's teacher of pulling her hijab from her head. The Wyatts told ABC7 the incident happened at the Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood. The family's story took off when 2016 fencing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad shared the incident on social media, saying the teacher “forcibly removed the hijab of a second-grade student.” I wrote this book with the intention that moments like this would never happen again. When will it stop? Yesterday,... Posted by Ibtihaj Muhammad on Thursday, October 7, 2021 Tamar Herman's attorney Samantha…

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by Cecilia Levine