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
No questions.
Sounds more like, if you don't like it where you are, agitate until the host country changes to suit you...and that's bound to cause a little friction.
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When was the last time you saw Christians/Jews complaining about prayer limitation?
The company is there to make money an this accomodation will affect them. It is unfair to expect the company to just accept this.
Perhaps if they punched in and out each time they needed to pray, and they could accomodate the company by staggering the prayers...(yeah, right!)
I recall the same anti firearm incident. And like you, (assuming Dell don't back down) have been given a little confidence back in Dell.
Your prayers are important to Allah. There are *pause* 27 *pause* prayers ahead of yours. Please remain kneeling, as changing position will only cause further delays. Allah appreciates your devotion and patience. Thank-you for facing Mecca.
It's a cult. A mind-numbing, kow-towing with your rear in the air, group-think cult.
They are like rats conditioned to react a certain way to a bell. Howling 'call to prayer'= grovel on the ground.
Try to stop a rat from perfoming it's conditioned response. It goes crazy.
Islam= a mind controlling cult. It's a disease upon humanity.
Yup. Throw in a jihad or two, couple of fatwa's, the occasional pilgrimage.......wow.
No wonder.
LVM
Intimidation. And from Muslims it's not just social pressure.
Maybe Dell will offer free one way tickets to Arabia in a promotion for Muslim purchasers as compensation for their inconvenience of living out of their element?
No, newbie.
Please read post #43 from another person who lived in Saudi.
Wonder what would happen if 30 Catholics got together ONCE a day to pray the rosary?
Enter ACLU saying they couldn't do that. Where are they here?
Wonder who would care?
ol' hoghead
BTTT!!
Exactly right. The Quran permits them to make up prayers that they are unable to observe, without any penalty.
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