Ex-Harmony Charter Employee’s Religious Discrimination/Retaliation Suit Revived

Texas Third Court of Appeals (Austin)
Ruling: A jury — not a judge — may have to decide the outcome of the religious discrimination/retaliation lawsuit a fired employee filed against a charter school district.

• Muammer David Oksuz v. Harmony Public Schools, No. 03-25-00325-CV ($). Issued March 11, 2026.

Background

A Turkish-American employee named Muammer David Oksuz sued his former employer, Harmony Public Schools (Harmony) claiming he was discriminated against and was ultimately fired because he left the Gülen (Hizmet) movement — a religious/cultural organization with Islamic roots that Oksuz claimed the charter’s leadership favored.