Feds Still Hold Imam Who Overstayed His Visa

Thursday, May 31, 2007
By KAY CAMPBELL, The HuntsvilleTimes Faith & Values Editor
The religious leader of the Alabama Islamic Education Center in Huntsville, arrested April 19 for a visa overstay, is still in federal custody in Louisiana in what his attorney calls an injustice.
“He just wants to go back to his wife and children (in London),” [...]

Somali Muslims Returning to Jobs After Quitting Over Muslim Prayers Issue

By OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Dozens of Somali meatpacking workers who quit their jobs because they were not given enough time off for Muslim prayers have returned to work, but the issue could resurface as sundown inches later through the spring, a union official said Friday.
About 70 of [...]

Salam Al-Maryati in a conversation with Irshad Manji

Source: KCET.online
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Writer Irshad Manji joins Executive Director of the Progressive Muslim Union Ani Zonneveld and Executive Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council Salam Al-Marayati in a conversation following a screening of the recent PBS [...]

Discrimination and Salary Inequalities in Saudi Arabia

by Abeer Mishkhas, abeermishkhas@arabnews.com
According to a report by the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), courts in Saudi are studying cases of salary inequalities between Saudis and foreigners, especially Westerners. And 50 employees in a private company have filed complaints that their salaries are less than those of foreign employees and have asked that the [...]

Muslim Geneticist Sheds Light on Virgin Birth

Note: The New York Times today (May 22, 2007) has a news item on scientific evidence for the birth of a fatherless shark. In the past Muslim scholars have been using this argument to show that the birth of Jesus without a father is possible, even though rare. It does occur in different species. The [...]

Workplace Discrimination Against Muslims after 9/11

[...] Hadji said that in late 2004, he reproached a customer for harassing a Tunisian waiter. Hadji said he asked the customer to leave after the diner said, “If you don’t like it, go back to your country,” and “I fought two wars to get rid of people like you.”
The restaurant’s owners ordered Hadji to [...]

Types of workplace discrimination experienced by Muslim Women wearing Hijab

Source:atwork.settlement.org
The issue of discrimination experienced by Muslim women who wear hijab when they apply for work was established in 2000 through consultations conducted by Women Working With Immigrant Women (WWIW) with Muslim serving organizations and through surveys of labour organizations and institutions such as the Ontario Human Rights Commission to find out what information these [...]

Muslim Scholars Look at Conflict Between Islamic Tenets and Job Duties

May 05, 2007
By Omar Sacirbey
When the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America convenes later this year, the few dozen Islamic scholars will try to hammer out an answer to a question vexing the North American Muslim community:
How do Muslims reconcile the mandates of their faith with jobs that may require actions prohibited by Islamic law?
It’s [...]

How To File A Charge Of Discrimination If You Are A Muslim

Source: EEOC
Anyone who believes that s/he has been subjected to discrimination in violation of Title VII may file a charge with the nearest field office of the EEOC. Persons who file a charge, oppose unlawful employment discrimination, participate in employment discrimination proceedings, or otherwise assert their rights under the laws enforced by the Commission are [...]

When Can Clerks Refuse To Serve, Citing Religion?

By Jen Haberkorn
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published March 29, 2007
Can a cashier or clerk wish a customer “Merry Christmas”? Must a pharmacist dispense birth control devices if his faith forbids it? Can a Muslim clerk refuse to touch a whisky or beer bottle, or a pork chop?
Disputes between retailers and employees over religious beliefs in the United [...]

Missing Prayers At Work

Source: Islamonline
3/27/2004 8:22:00 AM GMT
Question: Is is permissible to miss prayers because of work and then make them up once I arrive home?
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible for a Muslim to delay his prayers beyond the time when they are due without a legitimate excuse. Legitimate excuses which allow a Muslim to [...]

Marketing to Muslims in the USA

Source: New York Times
Louise Story
[...] Grocers and consumer product companies are considering ways to adapt their goods to Muslim rules, which forbid among other things, gelatin and pig fat, which is often used in cosmetics and cleaning products. Retailers are looking into providing more conservative skirts, even during the summer months, and mainstream advertisers are [...]