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
Uncomfortable...it's the natural home of the honest male. I oughta know...but honestly is a cold mistress.
Right, we can make it up as we go along, like islam does, correct? So, let's demand the lot and really make pigs of ourselves. Makes sense. Here's where we start:
You can be Treasurer.
I am your Great Leader.
You are all my underdogs.
I own all the treasures of the entire world, (you only get to count,)and what I can't carry away or get you to deliver to me, the underdogs are commanded to blow up.
How am I doing so far? Being a despot isn't easy, it takes practice and I need all the help I can get...
How does Dell deal with peole who don't work on their sabbath?
You DO need to work on the despot stuff......
For instance:
YOU (being leader) have to be waited on hand and foot, all of us paeons exist only to serve our Leader and Boss.
If you even THINK of a command, we, being the underdogs, must be might there ready to carry out you smallest whim!
The mere THOUGHT of Fred Nerks' name is to be done with the highest reverence and awe. Failure to do so will make you a volunteer for explosives testing duty.
I'll think of more in a bit----I need a taste of the grape to be truly evil and despotic. ;-)
For sure!
My old man heard what I had "offered" as help and he said:
"Are you bloody INSANE?!?"
Sometimes, Honesty is not all its made to be ;-)
I don't know, but I imagine if you tell them up front, before they hire you, they may find a schedule that fits or tell you it won't work.
I'm listening. Am I to be sinless and divine?
GOOD!
Enough!
LOL
Heck, NO!
You are the BOSS-you can be whatever you want!
"Dude, you're getting a fatwa!"
You win, thread over.
I normally go custom for desktops, but just got a Dell Laptop.
>>Sometimes, Honesty is not all it's made to be ;-)<<
SF, That wasn't honest, that was STUPID!!!(sorry had to tell the truth)LOL
I F*&king love this.
How do muslim kids get by in Public Schools? Are they allowed to leave class to go pray? If so what does this say about separation of church and state?
There I go again....I forgot it's Christianity and state...all other religions are fine as long as they are not orthodox Judaism, right?
It WAS stupid---No question.
I really don't know what came over me at all...temporary insanity, I guess.
Buying (another) Dell at the end of the month.
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