A fired Koran-burning New Jersey Transit worker is getting his job back - along with an extra $25,000 for his troubles

Derek Fenton, 40, will also collect back pay since his Sept. 13, 2010, dismissal for torching pages of the Muslim religious book on the site of a proposed lower Manhattan Islamic center. The deal additionally pays Fenton $25,000 for pain and suffering and restores his pension credits. Fenton was not working when he arrived at the site of the controversial Islamic center to mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. The father of two burned three pages of the Koran to protest the planned center's proximity to the site of the attack by Muslim terrorists who flew planes into the twin towers. He was led away by police and never identified himself as a NJ Transit employee. Yet two days later, Fenton was fired. The ACLU filed suit on Fenton's behalf, and the deal was brokered before the case went to trial. The state also agreed to reimburse the ACLU for a $25,000 legal tab. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had backed Fenton's firing, saying that the transit worker's behavior was unacceptable. Nice to see the ACLU on the right side of a lawsuit for a change and shame on Chris Christie for pandering to Muslims and other anti-American groups.