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I practiced Islam for a few years and learned that Muslim prayers are not obligatory when work, circumstances, or other situations make it inconvenient or otherwise inappropriate. Therefore, Muslims are not required to pray during the work hours. It is quite acceptable and very common for them to make up missed prayers at home, even in the Middle East. Unperformed Muslim prayers can accumulate days upon days if necessary. Muslims simply cannot do them in advance of their prescribed times. Indeed, Muslims may choose to go to great lengths to pray in out of the ordinary places because of peer pressure and prestige. It is a good way to separate themselves from the other employees, gain special recognition, demonstrate piousness, and set precedent for Sharia Law. Spending several months in the Middle East as a practitioner of Islam, I neither saw nor heard of a public, or private for that matter, “footbath.” Interestingly, a Muslim can even use dirt instead of water to wash before praying if water is not available.
With regards to fasting, a Muslim does not have to fast for similar reasons as above. Fasting, unlike to praying, does not have to be made-up.
An organization should carefully weigh what is in its best interest in relation to permissiveness, expenses, safety, client needs, and compatibility with regards to employee, customer, and community responsibilities. Footbaths may cause an organization to spend unnecessarily on superstitious or superficial wants, while prayer time and space may require inconvenient and unnecessary expenses and re-scheduling.
Gender segregation can cause expensive design considerations, and workplace procedure–product handling inadequacies can be offensive to a valuable and diverse base of customers, clients, and employees.
With regards to fasting during Ramadan, the break-fast time is at sunset. This actually means that food, beverages, smoking, and sexual activities can only be enjoyed during the hours of darkness. It does not mean that one must eat at sunset. It means they ca
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