Moroccan airline bans prayer time

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Assalaamu 3alaikum,

Salah (prayer) is a religious duty that has specified times as Allah(God) says: “Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours.” (An-Nisa’: 103)The time of the prayers shouldn´t therefore be violated but this rule is relaxed in certain situations as islam is an easy and practical religion( for example the combining of prayers). However, one should not make it a regular habit. Regarding work, this can easily be handled if one can speaks to his or hers boss in order to explain the situation and I`m sure it can be solved as the prayers do not take much time to perform. We should also know as muslims that this world is finite and being “afraid” of ones “boss” is not a good excuse to neglect ones religious duties. After all, the day of resurrection is approaching and if it is anyone who deserves to be feared it`s surely only Allah sub7anahu wa ta3la and not human beings. And Gary, losing a job is not our first priority. I´m not saying it`s insignificant but what I`m saying is that Islaam takes precedence over everything and anything. And you as an employer should not take it personally when a muslim insists on praying;it is a religious duty nor should you feel that your trust is being misused. I hope that I made myself more understood inshaAllah.
(For further information, it would be wise if you looked in the threads which deal with acts of worship ect.).
peace

I understand. But as an employer, if I found that it was costing me more money to employ this person than it should, then it would become necessary to let them go. Unless they could come up with a way of resolving it that was not hurting my business.
 
assalaamu 3alaikum

I understand. But as an employer, if I found that it was costing me more money to employ this person than it should, then it would become necessary to let them go. Unless they could come up with a way of resolving it that was not hurting my business.



Hi Gary,
I`m sure it can be resolved. Muslims have managed to work AND perform their religious practises since Allahs knows when so it´s not a new phenomena. If there`s a will, there`s a will( most of the time).

peace
 
Something is seriously getting wrong with Morocco, and it is in some cases violating civil rights. Headscarves have been removed from school text books in Morocco. It is going on the former path of Turkey.
 
Something is seriously getting wrong with Morocco, and it is in some cases violating civil rights. Headscarves have been removed from school text books in Morocco. It is going on the former path of Turkey.
Does the Moroccan government also want in to the EU? That was why Turkey went the way it did.
 
Does the Moroccan government also want in to the EU? That was why Turkey went the way it did.
No, height of secularism era in Turkey was way before EU. But Morocco is a different case. It is stemming from couple of issues: 1) There is a distrust of govt. among average Moroccans. (2) Rising power of religious leaders which is related to 1st point. (3) Religiousness of average Moroccan is is also on the rise, which is scaring the ruling parties. (4) Moroccan govt. wants to look good to western countries too, but it has more to do with distrust of average Moroccans, so people in the govt. have to secure their power from some sources other than the Moroccan people.
 
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