Comments on: Muslim Workers Fired Over Evening Prayers

Tensions At Colo. Meatpacking Plant Flare As Workers Walk Off In Dispute Over Ramadan Prayers

[caldwellptr]

If business still had to accomodate religious requests there would still be no shopping on Sundays.

[mitch5511]

NO religion has a place in a work environment unless you work for your church. I don''t care what religion you practice whether it be Christian, Islamic, Buddhism, whatever!

This is not a theocracy! We aim to keep it that way!

[gaye5]

writescripts, you are dead right, and if they don''t like it then they can go home. I was told by an ex Muslim one day that Muslims don''t know most of what is in their own books and if they did that they would be so horrified that they would get out.. If they knew what their own leader did they would be horrified, but they are told that their god was a merciful, loving and kind god. One wonders if that is why he raided village after village and slaughtered all who would not submit, all because he was merciful and kind, and why this practice continues today simply because all the world is to be forced to believe in Allah, and why Mohammad said that hell is mainly full of Muslim women.. What a religion to belong to eh..

[writescripts]

Religion, of any kind, should not be practiced in the work place. Anyone, in theory, could come up with any kind of religion and try and force it on the company paying them for doing a job. What if nudism were part of a religion, or killing a goats, etc., what then?

[writescripts]

Religion, of any kind, should not be practiced in the work place. Anyone, in theory, could come up with any kind of religion and try and force it on the company paying them for doing a job. What if nudism were part of a religion, or killing a goats, etc., what then?

[tootall10142]

THESE PEOPLE PESSS ME OFF.IF WORKED THERE I WOULD WAIT FOR PRAYER TIME AND START CHANTING MALARKY AND RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES AND THROWING CHICKEN BONES EVERYWHERE AND LIGHTING INCENSE AND SCREAMING FOR A SPIRIT TO COME AND CLEANSE US OF THESE EVIL PRACTICES .BET THAT WOULD **** THEM OFF ,AND SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIER CIRCLE AND START EATING FISH AND ONOIONS.WITH GARLIC AROUND MY NECK.THIS WOULD CERTAINLY CAUSE THEM TO FLEE IN FEAR .AS A NATIVE INDIAN I COULD JUST START CHANTING IN CHEROKEE AND BRING MY FEATHERED ROBE AND HEAD DRESS. THEY PROBABLY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.ONLY IN AMERICA.

[tootall10142]

WHAT A BUNCH OF ***.I WORKED FOR THE US GOVERNMENT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AND WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK RELIGION OR PRACTICE ANY TYPE EXCEPT MEAL TIME QUIET PRAYER AND SUNDAY OR ON OUR OWN TIME. NOW WHAT IM SEEING IS DISCRIMINATION TOWARD EVERY OTHER TYPE OF RELIGION BUT MUSLIM .NUT THEY BELIEVE THIER RELIGION IS THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION. I BLAME THE COMPANY FOR HIRING THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SEVERENCE PAY THO THESE FANATICS.THEN HAVE ALL OTHERS SIGN A CONTRCACT OF EM[PLOYEE EXPECTED DUTIES AND TIMES TO EXPEDITE THESE DUTIES .TAX THEM ON 10-99 OR SCHEDULE C FORM , IF THEY WANT TO TAKE TIME FROM PRODUCTION THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THIER INCOVINENCE TO THE EMPLOYER.

[txgrouch2006]

It they want Ramadan respected, work in the Middle East.
Posted by dkhorse1 at 11:56 PM : Sep 12, 2008

Do Christians get Christmas and Easter off from work in Muslim countries?

Hey, the Christian Bible says Christians are expected to pray CEASELESSLY (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Golly, that''s going to mean A LOT of time off from work... :-)

[txgrouch2006]

you are not allowed to practice the christian faith Posted by tech77usa at 12:52 AM : Sep 13, 2008

You are not allowed to practice the Christian faith openly HERE, in THIS COUNTRY.

Children are not allowed to pray in school, unless they do it silently so nobody can tell they''re praying. Remember all the protests over the word "Christmas" to make our spirits bright during the joyous holiday season. We aren''t allowed to display the 10 Commandments in a school, courthouse, or public park.

Why do the Muslims expect to have MORE RIGHT TO THEIR RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION than Christians and Jews do???

[dkhorse1]

American workers have worked for years to obtain greater freedoms and justice in the work place. Denied.

I guess all you need to do is foreign and Muslim and it will most likely happen.