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.

Name and address

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