Friday prayer

Friday prayer

From Pikiran Rakyat

The Moslem employees of PT DDM, which produces electronic goods in Bandung, are not satisfied with the duration of the break on Fridays. The Moslems must conduct Friday prayers, a religious obligation that should be strictly observed.

Our concern is that the break is very short for doing the Friday prayer. The employees, who are mostly Moslems, leave the factory at 11.50 a.m. just before the time for Friday prayer. Imagine, how can the Moslems possibly have enough time to prepare themselves for the occasion.

In this context, we earnestly request to the authorities (Department of Manpower, or local MUI-Indonesian Council of Ulemas) to look into the matter. We would like the company to give the workers more consideration by allowing the workers to leave at 11.20 for that purpose. The loss of thirty minutes would, by the grace of God, do no harm to the company in terms of profit making.

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