(CNN) — A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet for refusing to serve alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith. 
 
 In a bid to get her job back, Charee Stanley filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday for the revocation of a reasonable religious accommodation. 
 
 She wants to do her job without serving alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith -- just as she was doing before her suspension, her lawyer said. 
 
 "What this case comes down to is no one should have to choose between their career and religion and it's incumbent upon employers to provide a safe environment where employees can feel they can practice their religion freely," said Lena Masri, an attorney with Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. 
 
 Attorney for the Muslim flight attendant who claims she was suspended for her religious beliefs, Lena Masri, speaks to CNN's Martin Savidge about her client's request. 
 
 Stanley, 40, started working for ExpressJet nearly three years ago. About two years ago she converted to Islam. This year she learned her faith prohibits her from not only consuming alcohol but serving it, too, Masri said. 
 
 She approached her supervisor on June 1 and was told to work out an arrangement for someone to fulfill passenger requests for alcohol. 
 
 "It was at the direction of the airlines that she began coordinating with the other flight attendant on duty so that when a passenger requested alcohol, the other flight attendant would accommodate that request," Masri said. "We know that this arrangement has worked beautifully and without incident and that it hasn't caused any undue burden on the airline. After all, it was the suggestion of the airline." 
 
 It seemed to be working out until another flight attendant filed a complaint against Stanley on August 2 claiming she was not fulfilling her duties by refusing to serve alcohol, Masri said. The employee complaint also said Stanley had a book with "foreign writings" and wore a headdress. 
 
 On August 25, the airline sent a letter to Stanley informing her that it was revoking its religious accommodation to exclude her from service of alcohol and placing her on administrative leave. 
 
 "They placed her on unpaid leave and they advised her that her employment may be terminated after 12 months," Masri said. "We are requesting that her employment be reinstated and the accommodation of her religious beliefs be reinstated as well." 
 
 A spokesman for ExpressJet declined to discuss Stanley's complaint. ||||| MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet because of her refusal to serve alcohol due to her religious beliefs. 
 
 Charee Stanley, 40, filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Detroit last week. 
 
 Her attorney says the Atlanta-based airline initially agreed to a religious accommodation, telling her another flight attendant could handle passenger requests for alcohol. 
 
 However, she said Stanley was put on a 12-month unpaid leave last month after another attendant complained. 
 
 Lena Masri, an attorney with Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says the employee's complaint against Stanley had "Islamophobic" overtones, noting she carried a book with "foreign writings" and wore a head scarf. 
 
 ExpressJet issued a statement saying the airline values diversity but could not comment on personnel matters.
– A flight attendant who stopped serving passengers alcohol after she converted to Islam says things were going perfectly until a colleague complained. Charee Stanley says that after she found out that her faith didn't allow her to serve booze, her supervisor at ExpressJet suggested that she work out an arrangement with other flight attendants to handle alcohol requests, CNN reports. But after the complaint was received, the airline ditched its religious accommodation, placed Stanley on 12-month unpaid leave, and told her she could be fired when the year was up, according to a lawyer for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The lawyer tells CNN that the arrangement with the airline had worked "beautifully and without incident" until the complaint from another flight attendant was filed. She tells Detroit News that the complaint seemed Islamophobic, with the other attendant also complaining about Stanley's headscarf and the fact that she carried a book with "foreign" writings. Stanley has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Michigan, the AP reports. ExpressJet says it is "an equal opportunity employer with a long history of diversity," though it won't comment on the particulars of the case. (United Airlines disciplined a flight attendant who refused to serve a Muslim woman an unopened Diet Coke.)