Posted on 03/10/2005 2:40:02 PM PST by ambrose
DELL fires 30 Muslims over workplace prayer
Muslim civil rights group calls for rehiring, offers mediation
by OfficialWire NewsDesk
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (OfficialWire) -- 03/10/05 -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on Dell Computers to rehire 30 Muslims workers allegedly fired from a plant in Tennessee for seeking to perform religiously-mandated prayers in the workplace. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also offered to help the company and its employees reach a mutually-agreeable solution to the dispute.
CAIR said the workers were fired from a Dell facility in Nashville, Tenn., after they sought to perform the Islamic "Maghrib" prayer each day after sunset. (While the window of opportunity to perform the other four daily Islamic prayers, the sunset prayer is tied to a particular time of day and therefore requires greater flexibility and creativity on the part of employers and workers. Muslims pray each day after the break of dawn, at midday, in the afternoon, at sunset, and in the evening.)
"Given sufficient goodwill on the part of all those involved, both the employees' legal right to reasonable religious accommodation and the employer's right to maintain smooth operations in the workplace can be maintained," said CAIR Legal Director Arsalan Iftikhar.
In a letter sent today to Dell President and CEO Kevin B. Rollins, Iftikhar asked that the Muslim workers be rehired pending resolution of the issues involved. He said CAIR staffers who have experience dealing with workplace religious accommodation are available to act as mediators between the Muslim workers and Dell.
CAIR publishes a booklet, called "An Employer's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices," designed to prevent just such incidents. The booklet is available by emailing pubs@cair-net.org. (Include name, address and phone number when requesting the booklet.) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires an employer to accommodate religious practices unless it causes an "undue hardship."
The Washington-based group has 31 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
Posted 3/10/2005 2:48 PM
Wimp. ;)
[["Dude, you're getting a fatwa!"]]
Dude, you're getting a fat what? LOL
They already do. I am not allowed to walk away from my work when I please and spend ten minutes praying or doing anything else if it is not my regularly scheduled break time.
I doubt that it was about what they were doing but when they were doing it. In a factory breaks are spaced out. Having 30 people walk off the line at the same time would shut down production.
[[Why did a Nashville business hire 30 Muslims? ]]
It's all part of the liberal suicidal obsession with diversity and multi-culturalism.
I have worked with people who would take 5-minute cigarette breaks, and it was not a big deal.
Not allowing a person to go pray for 5 minutes seems unreasonable to me.
I agree with you. There must be more to this story than just praying for 5 minutes.
Not to mention that the Christian West is light-years ahead of the rest of the world on everything from genocide, outlawing slavery, practice of civil rights, etc. etc.
And all without having to resort to PC crap...
Cheers!
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<"So, what happens if co-workers eat pork sandwiches in their lunch-break? Or salami...or come to think of it, anything meaty that hasn't been ritually slaughtered, I wonder?">
Then allah-uzza/satan would afflict them with an unholy case of gas in divine retribution?
<"Hey, what if a female co-worker shows up in a mini-skirt, does that prove she's a whore?">
Do you have to ask? (/benign sarcasm tag) Of course it does! The evil trollop - her bewitching hair emits invisible rays which drive all men mad, too!
<"Can they get permission to stone her in the parking lot?">
...And then bury her underneath it. They need no permission if there are four adult males present. But they should rape her first, to make certain everyone present recognises who is in control...
<"A little bit of sharia is like a little bit pregnant.">
...Or a little bit raped! There you go being unequivocally blunt again. We might have to put a "little bit" of a Fatwa out on you, for your wicked infidel misunderstanding. You are a woman and therefore not permitted to see through allah-uzza/satan's deceptive taqiyyahs quite so clearly - in fact it is 'bidah'...
ROTFLM*O!
A.A.C.
Stick to your guns, Mr. Rollins, and my next PC just might have to be a Dell.
Stupid move on Dell's part, they'll be forced to rehire the 30 Muslims, provide time for prayers for both Christians, Muslims and Jews, and pay back wages besides. Oh, and managers will be sent to sensitivity training.
I prefer perspicacious : )
Where I work, you may not believe this, the only place where it's not permitted to smoke is the break room.
*GROAN*
Here's the first lesson in "How to get sued 101'
What stinks is that it is Dells right to fire the employees, and it is NOT the right of the employees to have a job there. 1) they don't have to work there
2) Dell I am sure reserves the right to terminate employment for any reason related to job performance. If they aren't doing their jobs when they are supposed to be, then they aren't. Bu bye.
You guys must have a hell of a Christmas party.
Maybe not. TN is a right-to-work state, and employees are employed at the employer's pleasure. No stated reason is required for dismissal. That said, TN is also full of lawyers. perhaps the right-to-work aspects made CAIR take the conciliatory approach.
http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/bizdev_advantages.htm
The double standard is what bothers me here. It's happening in the public schools as well as in the workplace.
Tolerance and Political Correctness empower Islam towards sharia and continue to erode the freedoms we once use to enjoy in this country.
tomkow is selling burkas onvr at the Canteen thread.
Hurry Hurry Hurry.........................
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