(Age) The principal of Victoria’s largest Islamic school is being sued by a female teacher for sexual harassment and assault.
Omar Hallak, the founder and principal of Al-Taqwa College in Truganina in Melbourne’s outer west, allegedly sexually assaulted or harassed the then-25-year-old junior teacher multiple times in 2015.
The former teacher, whom the Age has chosen not to name, is suing Mr Hallak and the school for years of lost income, claiming she has been unable to hold down full-time work as a teacher due to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Federal Court documents show the first assault allegedly occurred during an after-hours subject selection night at the school in August 2015. The teacher claims she was having a discussion with Mr Hallak in the staff room before he gestured to her to follow him to the receptionist’s office.
