“A recent surge in bullying targeting suburban Muslim students has prompted the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization to launch a major anti-bullying initiative.

Among the cases cited was that of Lisle High School sophomore Zoya Shaik.

At a school board meeting last month, Shaik complained that during an Oct. 12 health class, an unidentified staff member made offensive and profanity-laced statements about Muslims, immigrants and Indigenous people for 25 minutes. Lisle Unit District 202 officials are investigating those claims.

Shaik and two other students joined the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) for the launch of Healsters.org, a project to help Muslim students stand up for themselves and get help.

"All students are entitled to safety and acceptance," Shaik said at the news conference late last month.”

Read the full article at The Daily Herald.