TO THE CONTRARY EXTRA | Oct. 17, 2008 | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/ttc On this week's TTC Extra: more Muslim workers are reporting religious discrimination at American workplaces. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra. And make sure to tune into this week's edition of To The Contrary on your local PBS station (check local listings). For more information visit our website -- http://www.pbs.org/ttc

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News & Politics

Tags:

• bias
• commission
• discrimination
• eeoc
• employment
• equal
• five
• holy
• islam
• muslim
• office
• opportunity
• pray
• religion
• rug
• work

[tawfikakkad]

the breaks wont be 5 times , because during working hours 8-5 the will pray 2 times ,, NOT 5 times ,, this 2 prayers will take maximum 10 minutes

[faisalhalim]

I am a little disappointed that the details of the cited case are scarce. We viewers do not know if the workers were forbidden to take breaks, for example (prayers can be done in very short time periods - less than 7 minutes for a single person, say another 2 minutes for gathering a congregation). If no breaks are allowed, then only the morning prayers would be an issue - the others can be combined, and have longer windows of time during which they can be performed.

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

"Next theyll be asking for Sharia Law to be recognized in America."

I know. It's scary, but even more scary we have to rely on our own fascist religious institutions to get the attn. of the country. The most vocal are the other religious fundamentalists, not the sane rational people. This is a problem stemming directly from the myth of Abraham.

[mrlurp]

Next theyll be asking for Sharia Law to be recognized in America.

Get your rocks at the ready!