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sotired: How do you know they he baited the city? Most devout muslims I know let their new employers know of their "Friday" situation before being hired. How do you know this was not the case here? Also, Friday prayer takes about 1 hr including travel time, why can't he use this instead of lunch hr for one day in the week?
scrooge: Muslims have a window during which they can pray each of their 5 daily prayers. Each prayer takes about 5 minuts, and the window could be as short as 1 hr for the sunset prayer (the time from sunset to almost complete darkness), or as long as 3 hrs for the afternoon prayer you refer to (from afternoon until sunset). While a Muslim can do these prayers anywher (including their cubicle, a conference room, the parking lot, ...etc), Friday prayer is the only one that has to be done in a congregation at the mosque. Oh and by the ay, maybe HE WAS parying everyday at 3pm, but we do not knw that because he could've been still in the office while doing it.
Also, I am preplexed by the notion of "preferential treatment" here. I am only assuming that if any non-muslim would've asked for a break once a week in place of their lunch hr (for religious reasons), most employers would be happy to provide it. Preferential treatment can only be used if the shifting of the lunch hr one day per week impacts the flow of work somehow, which in this case it clearly did not. If my manager lets me come to work 2 hrs early then leave work 2 hrs early (to avoid traffic) am I getting preferential treatment?
Just in case someone questions the wisdon of the multiple short prayers (5 a day, each 5 minutes) instead of one prayer (say just on a Friday, or a Saturday or Sunday for that matter), I would say that this helps Muslims be mindful of their creator and his presence all the time, and helps them be more obedient and better people, because the 'connection' is renewed more ften than once a week. Thanks.
Muslim prosecutor charges discrimination
There seems to be an opportunity for more info about the subject. Please allow me:
sotired: How do you know they he baited the city? Most devout muslims I know let their new employers know of their "Friday" situation before being hired. How do you know this was not the case here? Also, Friday prayer takes about 1 hr including travel time, why can't he use this instead of lunch hr for one day in the week?
scrooge: Muslims have a window during which they can pray each of their 5 daily prayers. Each prayer takes about 5 minuts, and the window could be as short as 1 hr for the sunset prayer (the time from sunset to almost complete darkness), or as long as 3 hrs for the afternoon prayer you refer to (from afternoon until sunset). While a Muslim can do these prayers anywher (including their cubicle, a conference room, the parking lot, ...etc), Friday prayer is the only one that has to be done in a congregation at the mosque. Oh and by the ay, maybe HE WAS parying everyday at 3pm, but we do not knw that because he could've been still in the office while doing it.
Also, I am preplexed by the notion of "preferential treatment" here. I am only assuming that if any non-muslim would've asked for a break once a week in place of their lunch hr (for religious reasons), most employers would be happy to provide it. Preferential treatment can only be used if the shifting of the lunch hr one day per week impacts the flow of work somehow, which in this case it clearly did not. If my manager lets me come to work 2 hrs early then leave work 2 hrs early (to avoid traffic) am I getting preferential treatment?
Just in case someone questions the wisdon of the multiple short prayers (5 a day, each 5 minutes) instead of one prayer (say just on a Friday, or a Saturday or Sunday for that matter), I would say that this helps Muslims be mindful of their creator and his presence all the time, and helps them be more obedient and better people, because the 'connection' is renewed more ften than once a week. Thanks.
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