A manufacturing plant in Wisconsin has changed its prayer policy to prevent dozens of Muslim employees from worshipping on the job — and threatened to fire them if they don’t like it, workers said.
Ariens Company, a Brillion-based maker of snow blowers and lawn mowers, used to allow the 53 Muslims who work at its headquarters plant to take two breaks a day — for five minutes at a time — to fit in their ritual prayers, according to WBAY.
But that abruptly changed Thursday, when the company sent out a statement saying it “does not allow for unscheduled breaks in production” — even for prayer.
Furious Muslim employees said they can now only fit in daily prayers during their lunch breaks, which likely do not conincide with their prayer times. Muslim scripture requires five daily prayers, each at the same times every day.
Some workers said that when they complained, their bosses handed them unemployment papers.
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15 comments:
Not really taken away.....just rescheduled to the regular breaks....the slimes refused.
Shi-can them all.
All I'm hearing is Waaaaaahhhhhhh.
You're guaranteed religious freedom, not the freedom to affect the daily operations of a company for your religious beliefs.
12:33 So, we should do away with Easter, Christmas, etc right? Those days force the companies to close for religious beliefs. What about their revenue?
He should have never hired these terrorists into a place that makes food for Americans!
12:56 pm Nobody forces me to close on Easter, Christmas, Good Friday. I dont know where you get your info from but you sound like a clueless idiot. Where does New Years, 4th of July, Presidents day etc fit into your religiously forced closure theory? This is a nation built around the christian faith but nobody has forced Christianity onto anyone for atleast 100 years. Muslims however do force their religion onto other cultures at gun point. Refuse and you will be killed.
Your'e wasting your breath as 12:56 completely missed the point of the comment.
The Muslim employees can go back to their country and do all of their praying as much as they want. We don't need their kind.
An attempt to incrementally impose Sharia in the US. One step at a time. Observe our holidays. Make special areas for our prayer time at work and schedule your production around it.
(For the benefit of 12:56.. note that these aren't CHRISTIANS that are trying to force their beliefs on everybody.)
This is happening elsewhere, and it's usually Somalis.
Nobody forces any business to close for those holidays. They choose to close so families can celebrate in whatever fashion they deem appropriate. You are some kind of stupid.
Yet you all support Kim Davis who cannot do her job because of her religious beliefs. So which way to you want it?
If you accommodate one religion you have to accommodate all.
1:43 Wrong. This is a Nation built around GOD, with protections on how you worship/serve YOUR GOD. Not Christianity.
Good,if they want to pray do it on their own time,otherwise hit the road.
1:05 Dude, the company makes grass cutters and snow blowers no food. Go to Home Depot they carry their products.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Yet you all support Kim Davis who cannot do her job because of her religious beliefs. So which way to you want it?
If you accommodate one religion you have to accommodate all.
January 20, 2016 at 3:05 PM
totally different scenarios.
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