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TriMet buses on the downtown Portland transit mall.

(The Oregonian)

TriMet is investigating a complaint from a Muslim man who claims a No. 94 bus driver asked him "how's the jihad going for you?" after he boarded wearing his head scarf.

Yassin Ibn Mika'il of Sherwood reportedly filed the complaint in late August, immediately after he said the driver made the comment to him.

"We contacted the operator and the matter is currently under investigation," said TriMet spokeswoman Mary Fetsch. "We take this complaint seriously and have launched an internal investigation."

Because it involves a personnel matter, Fetsch said she couldn't release many details about the case. She forwarded The Oregonian's request for a copy of Ibn Mika'il's complaint to the transit agency's legal department.

Ibn MiKa'il told FOX 12 that he boarded the crowded 94 bus to Sherwood in downtown Tigard on Aug. 29.

Feeling as if the driver had discriminated against him because of his religion, Ibn Mika'il asked to speak to a TriMet supervisor but the driver initially refused and then announced to other riders that the bus was out of service, the TV station reported.

Once a supervisor responded, the driver admitted he made the comment, but the supervisor said he probably wouldn't include it in his report, Ibn Mika'il told FOX 12.

Ibn Mika'il's Facebook page, which shows him wearing a head scarf, says he attended Tigard High School. He told the TV station that he had been riding TriMet for 25 years without any prior problems.

Attempts by The Oregonian to reach Ibn Mika'il have been unsuccessful. Check back for more details as the story develops.

-- Joseph Rose