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  • Muslim protest for right to prayer (Outraged Muslims walk off Swift plant job)

    09/15/2008 7:53:39 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 38 replies · 282+ views
    theindependent.com ^ | September 15, 2008 | Tracy Overstreet
    GRAND ISLAND — A group of 500 Muslim workers from Grand Island's JBS Swift & Co. plant staged a protest Monday afternoon. Members of the B shift (3 to 11:30 p.m.) and some members of the morning A shift walked off the job after being denied time to pray during what they said is the holiest of times for them -- Ramadan. A group of protesting women said they were kicked by a supervisor when they attempted to pray at work. Asha Abdi said she knelt to pray when the supervisor said, "You can't pray here," kicked her feet and...