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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (69174)	7/23/2009 3:46:26 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224713

They are winning ..little by little they make more gains favoring their religion. Things may get much better for them with barrak hussein obama in power. Prayer dispute settled: Woodbury Walmart rehires fired Muslim worker Company and a St. Paul rights group reached an agreement that included a promise by the company to accommodate prayer breaks. By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune Last update: July 21, 2009 startribune.com A major retail chain has rehired a fired Muslim employee in the Twin Cities and is now accommodating his right to pray in the workplace. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced Monday that Wal-Mart agreed to the accommodation after the rights group intervened on behalf of employee Abdi Abdi, who was fired from his job in February as a stocker and loader at the Woodbury store. The council says that Abdi, a four-year employee with Wal-Mart, was let go for violating a new supervisor's ban on prayer during work breaks. A previous supervisor had allowed him to perform his daily prayers, the organization said. Abdi was rehired last month at a Wal-Mart in St. Paul and is now allowed to pray during breaks, following negotiations between the council and local and national representatives of Wal-Mart, the St. Paul-based rights group said. "We appreciate Wal-Mart's handling of this case and its willingness to accommodate the religious practices of employees," said Zahra Aljabri, the group's civil rights coordinator. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Michelle Bradford said that "respect for the individual is one of our company's core values, and we practice it every day in our stores and clubs. "We have many Muslim associates who pray during their work breaks and on their lunch hour. What associates do within their allotted break time is their personal choice. In this case, we're glad everyone came together to resolve the issue on a positive note." Abdi was rehired at the Wal-Mart in the Midway area of St. Paul because it is closer to his home, his wife works there and managers at that store are "more familiar with the prayer schedule," Aljabri said. "At least a dozen" Muslims work at the Midway Wal-Mart, she said. As part of the agreement, Wal-Mart has agreed to send about 10 of their employees for diversity training next month that the rights group is conducting, Aljabri said.