Muslim Employees Say DHL Fired Them for Praying

TIME-by Denver Nicks-Nov 07

Mohamed Maow, 27, a refugee from Somalia who worked at DHL in Hebron, Kentucky, says the company previously offered flexibility on break times that ...

A group of Muslim employees of the global package service DHL have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the company of firing them for praying.

See also:

• CAIR announces EEOC complaints against DHL Nov 07
• Muslim workers say they were fired for praying Pacific Daily News - Nov 06 
• Two dozen fired after taking break for prayer WBIR-TV-Nov 06

Identification (Religion) - Readings

• Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World Brian D. McLaren
• Interculturalism: The New Era of Cohesion and Diversity Ted Cantle
• One Earth Many Religions: Multifaith Dialogue and Global Responsibility Paul F. Knitter
• Rescripting Religion in the City: Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis
  Jane Garnett 
• Social Identities Between the Sacred and the Secular (Ashgate Ahrc/Esrc Religion and Society)
  Abby Day
• Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith (Dress Cultures) Reina Lewis
• Religion in Consumer Society: Brands, Consumers and Markets (Ashgate Ahrc / Esrc Religion and Society Series) Fran‡ois Gauthier
• Restoring Life's Missing Pieces: The Spiritual Power of Remembering & Reuniting with People, Places, Things & Self Caren Goldman and Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton 
• Questions: Identity and Diversity (Questions in RE) Rosemary Rivett
• Radically Open: Transcending Religious Identity in an Age of Anxiety Robert F. Shedinger
• Religious Identity and National Heritage: Empirical-Theological Perspectives (Empirical Studies in Theology) International Society for Empirical Rese
• Contested Cultural Heritage: Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclusion in a Global World Helaine Silverman
• Seeing Faith, Printing Pictures: Religious Identity during the English Reformation (Library of the Written Word 25 / the Handpress World 19) David J. Davis

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Civilized manner of fighting -- Husband & Wife - too good.....says Ministry of laughter and Creativity

This is the best and most civil way to have a fight between husband and wife instead of resorting to physical force... 

Wifey and Hubby talking together

Here are collections of jokes for married persons, the husband and wife. As I always said, dont take this seriously. Just read and enjoy. The best thing, laugh it loud!!!

Source: Ministry of laughter and Creativity (Kenya) 

WIFE: 
I wrote your name on sand it got washed.. 
I wrote your name in air, it was blown away. 
Then I wrote your name on my heart & I got Heart Attack. 

                           HUSBAND: 
God saw me hungry, he created pizza. 
He saw me thirsty, he created Pepsi. 
He saw me in the dark, he created light. 
He saw me without problems, he created YOU. 

                             WIFE: 
Twinkle twinkle little star 
You should know what you are 
And once you know what you are 
Mental hospital is not so far 

                     HUSBAND: 
The rain makes all things beautiful. 
The grass and flowers too. 
If rain makes all things beautiful 
Why doesn't it rain on you? 

                     WIFE: 
Roses are red; Violets are blue 
Monkeys like u should be kept in zoo. 
Don't feel so angry you will find me there too 
Not in cage but outside, laughing at you 
  
AND THE SAGA CONTINUES........ 

Position of a Husband Is just like a Split AC 
No matter however Loud he is in the Outdoor 
He is designed to remain Silent indoor.... 
...................................................................... 
"Husband is one who is the head of the family, 

but his wife is the neck, and whichever way she turns, he goes." 
......................................................................... 
A man in Hell asked Devil: 
Can I make a call to my Wife? 
After making call he asked how much to pay. 
Devil : Nothing, Hell to hell is Free. 
................................................................. 

Husband: Do you know the meaning of WIFE? 

It means, Without Information, Fighting Everytime! 
Wife: No darling, it means - With Idiot For Ever 
............................................................................
Wife: I wish I was a newspaper, 
So I'd be in your hands all day. 

Husband: I too wish that you were a newspaper, 
So I could have a new one every day. 
.................................................................. 

Doctor: Your husband needs rest and peace. Here are some sleeping Pills. 

Wife: When must I give them to him? 
Doctor: They are for you 
.................................................................... 

Wife: I had to marry you to find out how stupid you are.. 

Husband: You should have known it the minute I asked you to marry me. 
..................................................................... 

Wife: What will you give me if I climb the great Mount Everest ? 

Husband: A lovely Push...! 

and the life goes on........!!!!!

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Love your neighbor as yourself, Neighbors' privileges -- Select list of readings

• FULFILLING THE NEIGHBOR'S PRIVILEGES  By: Syed Zafar Mahmood on Nov 02, 2013
• The reading is from Gospel of Mark 12:28-34. (Love your neighbor as yourself)
  

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’
And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

• my walk with islam  ...a story about re-awakening spiritual awareness through interfaith experience. Extract:

Love Your Neighbor

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Judaism: Leviticus 19:18

Regard your Neighbour's gain as your own gain and your neighbour's loss as your own loss. TAOISM:T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien 

• “Understanding religion may help you understand your neighbor.” @ Leos Don't Judge But we do practice critical tolerance.  
• “Do You Love Me?”, 5774 - Congregation Shomrei Torah 
• Discussion Questions Part B: Invitation to a Tri‐Faith Neighborhood  
• "To love your neighbor means, at the very least, not to discriminate against him,"  religious tolerance | CENTRAL-EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ...
• My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians (Hippo) John Azumah
• Not Without My Neighbour: Issues in Interfaith Relations (Risk Book Series) S Wesley Ariarajah
• My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Tran Jennifer Howe Peace
• Faith in My Neighbour: World Religions in Canada : An Introduction
• My Neighbour's Faith - and Mine: Theological Discoveries through Interfaith Dialogue: A Study Guide World Council Of Churches
• Stories in My Neighbour's Faith: Narratives From World Religions in Canada Susan L. Scott
• Meeting Our Multifaith Neighbors Brice H. Balmer
• Our Neighbor's Faith: Teacher's Guide Lowell Almen
• Honoring Our Neighbors Faith Robert Buckley Farlee
• Our Neighbours' Voices: Will We Listen? (Our Schools) Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coal
• Religions of our neighbors Sid Bentley

IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Vice President Delivers Lecture at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in London  Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India

The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari delivered a Lecture on “Identity and Citizenship: An Indian Perspective” at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in London, United Kingdom today. Shri Ansari is on a State visit to UK from 31st October to 1st November, 2013.  Event at the Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford, Friday, 1 November 2013, at 5.00 p.m. oxcis.ac.uk  See also from Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies:  The Qurʿan and the Syriac Bible   The Compatibility of Islam and Democracy   The Community Versus the Individual  Contemporary Muslim Societies: Old and New Realities  1980s–2000s: Globalization and Islamic Resurgence Following is the text of the Vice President’s lecture : “It is a privilege to be invited to address this august audience. Conscious of the gap between the immensity of the honour and the inadequacies of the speaker, I am humbled by the realisation that six decades earlier Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a very distinguished predecessor of mine as Vice President of India, was for long the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at this University. A few years back, when I was in the vicinity of Oxford in a group dabbling in the unfathomable mysteries of the Iraq quagmire, Dr. Nizami provided a welcome distraction by inviting me to see the site, and the plans, for the new building of the Centre. He also mentioned the debate on the proposed architectural design, and of the view in some quarters that it would change the inherited landscape of a hallowed community. The change, as I understood it, implied an assertion of identity. It is now conceded, I am told, that the new structure did no aesthetic or spiritual damage to the skyline of Oxford. Perhaps, the injection of diversity has enriched it. Speculating on the ‘ifs’ of history, Edward Gibbon had visualised a course of events that might have resulted in the teaching of the interpretations of the Qur’an at Oxford. He could not foresee a happier, intellectually more rewarding, happening that the concluding decades of the twentieth century would bring forth. Among its manifestations is the establishment of this Centre. This is a tribute to Oxford’s capacity to accommodate the unusual. ***** Continue reading the speech Endnotes : [i] Castells, Manuel. The Power of Identity (2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell 2010) p.6 [ii] Sen, Amartya. Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (London 2006) p.169 [iii] Soroush, Abdolkarim. Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam (Oxford 2000) p.156 [iv] Waldron, Jeremy: ‘Cultural Identity and Civic Responsibility’ in Will Kymlica nd Wayne Norman. Citizenship in Diverse Societies (Oxford 2000) p. 157   [v] Guha, Ramachandra. India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy (London 2007) pp ix-xx [vi] Tara Chand. The Influence of Islam on Indian Culture (Allahabad 1922) p. i [vii] Verghese, B.G. Race, Reconciliation and Security: Managing India’s Diversities (New Delhi 2008) p.216 [viii] Kautilya. The Arthashastra – ed. L.N. Rangarajan (Penguin 1992) p. 140 [ix] Jayal, Nirja Gopal. Citizenship And Its Discontents: an Indian history (New Delhi 2013) pp. 16 and 273-75. Also, B. Shiva Rao (ed) The Framing of India’s Constitution – A Study (2nd revised ed. 2012) p.150 [x] Barker, Ernest. Principles of Social and Political Theory (Oxford 1951) p vi [xi] Constituent Assembly Debates, Volume X, p. 979 - November 25, 1949 [xii] Kothari, Rajni. Rethinking Democracy (New Delhi 2005) p. 98 [xiii] Patnaik, Prabhat. ‘Independent India at Sixty-Five’ in ‘Social Scientist’ (New Delhi) Vol.41, No. 1-2, Jan-Feb 2013 pp 5-15. [xiv] Gutmann, Amy. Identity in Democracy (Princeton 2003) pp. 3-7, 37 [xv] Kothari, Rajni. ‘Rise of the Dalits and Renewed Debate on Caste’ in Partha Chatterjee. State and Politics in India (Oxford 1999) p. 444 [xvi] Apoorvanand. ‘Democratisation of communalism.’ DNA (Mumbai) September 23, 2013 [xvii] Menon, V.P. The Story of the Integration of Indian States (New Delhi 1956) p. 469 [xviii] Rasheeduddin Khan. Bewildered India – Identity, Pluralism, Discord (New Delhi 1995) p.295 [xix] Report of the Expert Group on Diversity Index (Submitted to Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India 2008) pp. vii-viii. [xx] Kymlica, Will. Multiculturalism: Success, Failure and the Future (Minority Policy Institute, Europe, February 2012) pp 1-2 [xxi] Mahajan, Gurpreet. The Multicultural Path: Issues of Diversity and Discrimination in Democracy (New Delhi 2002) pp. 15, 17, 217-218. [xxii] Guha, Ramachandra. ‘Politicians and Pluralism: The inclusive ideals of the Republic must not be lost sight of’.’ The Telegraph (Kolkata) September 7, 2013 ***** Sanjay Kumar (in London, UK)/VPI/01.11.2013,  (Release ID :100373)

Science vs. Scripture and the Difference Between Curiosity and Wonder via Brain Pickings

Science vs. Scripture and the Difference Between Curiosity and Wonder

From Aristotle to St. Paul, or how rational thought and religion battled over knowledge. Continue reading

 

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