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Originally Posted by Gavin
First i'm not a foremost expert on this, but it has cropped up before once or twice.
Your assuming they want to worship in their workplace. Most I have asked about this prefer to travel to their mosque. You have to factor in travel from and to work. as you know in London even short journeys can take time. And then on top of that you have the prayers and the extra time around that (washing, traffic leaving mosque, etc).
I dare say they do roll prayers into lunch as the times coincide, however considering lunch is normally only 45-60 mins, and prayers last that long, they are bound to overshoot. And then you say sometimes its more than once a day, and supplemental breaks are normally only 15 mins. AFAIK its unpaid so its no different from choosing to work part-time. I'm guessing unlike Escapee's mate these issues were agreed prior to signing their contract.
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Friday prayers should be said in congregation in the mosque, other than a Friday they dont have to be. (afternoon prayers). Everywhere I have worked (Aberdeen, Brentwood, Central London, Outer London) there has been a mosque within sufficient distance to mean that the longest time Ive taken for Friday prayers is an hour & 10 mins from my desk, to the mosque and back again. Thats going back 7 years.
Of course there are mosques which might make it take longer, I dont say Ive worked everywhere in the UK, but everyone I know makes up the time spent by working extra during the week (If its over your standard lunch).
All bosses I have worked for have had no issues regarding Friday prayers.
If I employed a muslim who told me he had to offer his prayers at a mosque and it took him an hour each time, I'd make a room available for him to prayer in and tell him he can use that. Its not against Islam to prayer in a room, as long as you're clean and the room you are in clean then its ook. I would not stop him going to the mosque for Friday prayers.
I have yet to work with muslims who take more than one 1 hour break a day to go and prayer in a mosque.