Muslims win lawsuit for 'fasting' and 'prayers' on the job

Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 11/26/2008 5:00:00 AM

An Arab-Christian woman and critic of Islam says it is unfortunate that Islamic intimidation is forcing American companies to give Muslims special privileges not afforded to other groups.

Under a settlement of a federal religious discrimination lawsuit, up to 100 Somali Muslims who are current or former workers of a St. Cloud, Minnesota, meatpacking plant will receive a total of $365,000. The U.S. Equal Employment Commission filed suit against Gold'n Plump, Inc., and the Work Connection, Inc., an employment agency which handled some hiring for the plant.

Under the settlement, Goldn' Plump agreed to pay $215,000 to workers who were terminated for taking prayer breaks, and Work Connection will pay $150,000 to workers who were asked to sign a form acknowledging that they might be required to handle pork, which many Muslims consider unclean.

Brigitte Gabriel, founder and president of ACT! for America, is outraged. "It is unfortunate that we are seeing organizations like CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, working with these groups and representing these groups," she contends. "And a lot of corporations who do not want a dragged-out, basically a bad public relations campaign in the United States, are succumbing to this intimidation."

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, according to Gabriel, must pander to Islamic work place demands as well. "We already see Walt Disney, for example, conducting training to their leaders at Disney World to teach them about being sensitive to Islamic demands, prayers on the work, fasting on the work because they have a lot of Muslim employees," she adds.

Gabriel is urging the American public to stand up against special treatment for Muslims.

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