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Muslim-Friendly Workplaces On The Rise Out Of Fear Of Lawsuits
The Daily Caller ^ | 8/19/16 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 08/20/2016 7:43:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Concerns relating to litigation about religious discrimination have some American employers taking steps to make the workplace more Muslim-friendly, Bloomberg News reports.

Anything from establishing prayer rooms to having office parties sans alcohol are just some of the things U.S. companies are doing out of deference for their Muslim employees.

“The atmosphere is so toxic now that even having constitutionally protected religious accommodation in the workplace can somehow be controversial,” Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told Bloomberg.

CAIR filed complaints on behalf of Muslims whose jobs were terminated last January at a meat-packing plant after they walked-out in protest over the restrictions on their ability to have prayer breaks.

Ariens, a family-owned Wisconsin based roto tiller factory, tried to accommodate its Muslim workers prayer schedule at its factory, The U.S. Herald reported, but doing so satisfactorily made the production line less efficient, Ariens said in a statement.

Muslims must pray five times every day, with one added prayer on Friday.

About 1 percent of the U.S. population practices Islam, but 40 percent of religion-based workplace complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in 2015 were Islam related.

“The value you get back from an employee who feels welcome and accommodated for their religious practices is immeasurable,” she says. “If employers don’t start taking these issues seriously, and put in measures to ensure that no one is subject to harassment, we’re going to see more claims,” Michelle Phillips, an employment law attorney, told Bloomberg.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cair; ibrahimcooper; islam; lawfare; shariacompliant; ussharia
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To: Mr. Mojo

the day you cannot run your business how you see fit...

is the day you should shut down and find another place to set up shop


21 posted on 08/20/2016 8:04:19 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Or the free excercise thereof” section of the 1st amendment only applies to Muslims, who knew?

Maybe it’s due to the rich history of contributions to our country, like the urban renewal project in New York City in 2001.


22 posted on 08/20/2016 8:07:13 AM PDT by anoldafvet
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To: Mr. Mojo

If I worked for such a place, I would immediately seek employment elsewhere.


23 posted on 08/20/2016 8:08:35 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

24 posted on 08/20/2016 8:14:25 AM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They are so stupid. Bending over backwards to accommodate people who are intolerant just makes you a slave to their demands.


25 posted on 08/20/2016 8:16:56 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: Mr. Mojo; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; pax_et_bonum; seekthetruth
The above article is proof that the hundreds of thousands of Muslims invading and occupying the USA and taking our jobs will NEVER assimilate into our culture.

Naive Americans think that they will assimilate beautifully as did the Irish, the Italians, the Germans, etc. who arrived here in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dream on !

We will soon be so deeply divided in culture, patriotism, loyalties, religion, law, politics, education and moral standards in this country that it will fail.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand".....(Abraham Lincoln).

Leni

26 posted on 08/20/2016 8:29:23 AM PDT by MinuteGal (GO, TRUMP !!!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Constitutionally protected religious accommodations, CAIR?

You mean like demanding removal of Bibles on desks ?


27 posted on 08/20/2016 8:36:54 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Romeo + Juliet = True Love hilLIAR + Obambi = ISIS)
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To: A_Former_Democrat; MinuteGal; All

While Pubs/Conservatives mainly pursue careers in business, the Dems/Liberals have been busily getting law degrees and taking over the Courts with liberal judges, and the school systems with liberal professors, especially in the Universities and Colleges, mostly public but many private ones also, so that they can brainwash and pollute our children’s minds.

Liberals also hold positions in many, many government entities. So, while Pubs generate most of the income, Dems spend most of it up for us and place themselves in positions of influence where they can decide for what causes and where that money will be spent. And with the liberal Courts to back them up.

Liberals also have infiltrated most of the MSM, and have Hollywood in their corner to boot. Conservatives must go into these areas that are now dominated by liberals and take back many of these spheres of influence. We need more conservative lawyers and judges. We need our own conservative TV channels, we need more conservative professors in our school systems, and we need to deprogram our children from the hogwash they are being fed through the media and the schools.

We really, really need to get going in order to succeed at any of the above. And in particular, we need to get Donald Trump elected as our President or the future does not look good for conservatives in any sphere of life, and our Country will sink further into becoming a third world cesspool of corrupt elites ruling over a nation of sheep. Then their remains only one other option, ... revolution.


28 posted on 08/20/2016 9:15:40 AM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS !!!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

OK then. As a Catholic I will demand a rosary hour each day and Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday paid holidays. Lets see how far THAT would get.


29 posted on 08/20/2016 9:28:45 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: Starboard

Or facing every religious group demanding accommodation except Christianity, because equality means the Christians can’t be accommodated.


30 posted on 08/20/2016 10:00:33 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Mr. Mojo

An obvious fabrication. Only cowardly Euro-weenies do that kind of stuff.


31 posted on 08/20/2016 10:06:57 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Mr. Mojo
"...constitutionally protected religious accommodation in the workplace..."

That never got me out of working on a Sunday.

32 posted on 08/20/2016 10:54:49 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Council on American-Islamic Relations
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The very existence of this group and their name spells out that American and Islamic are two distinctly different things which need a council for relations.

Islam is antithetical to our Constitution and way of life.
Islam means submission and there is no concept of liberty or freedom within Islam.
The two cannot coexist.


33 posted on 08/20/2016 11:00:16 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: BenLurkin
Anything from establishing prayer rooms to having office parties sans alcohol are just some of the things U.S. companies are doing out of deference for their Muslim employees.

Makes me want to puke.

My God, we were separated at birth! I was going to post the exact same thing but decided to scroll down first.

A few years ago I read where some new hires wanted a separate microwave because they saw some employees cooking pork in the one available. I don't think they got it as management wasn't as cowed as they are now. To me, the solution is simple - don't hire them. All you do is bring in people who will constantly escalate their demands until the whole company is Sharia compliant.

34 posted on 08/20/2016 4:54:16 PM PDT by Oatka (Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.)
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To: Oatka

Businesses NEED to STOP hiring them!!!!


35 posted on 08/20/2016 4:56:10 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: flaglady47

What she said


36 posted on 08/20/2016 8:21:07 PM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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