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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have any Muslims successfully applied for an RA to attend Friday (Jummah) prayers? I’m a child of 9/11 and have spent my entire career trying to fly under the radar as a Muslim. I never say why I’m off for Eid, I don’t tell anyone I’m fasting unless I have to, no one knows I pray in my office. However, I’m at the point where being a fed sucks so bad, why not seek out this one accommodation and attend Friday prayers at my mosque every single week? I am worried about perceptions but I know I have a reputation for being hard working and capable.

Has anyone else thought about it or applied for it? [/quote]

OP my coworker did this and it was approved right away. I’m Muslim too and am hesitant for the same reasons you are. I try to be under the radar witch religion and don’t want to be identified as a practicing Muslim. Anyways my coworker basically said that she needs to attend Friday congregational prayers every Friday, gave the name and location of the mosque, said it was right next to her house (it is), and said that there is no alternative. [/quote]

I think that could work for Muslims because there dont seem to be many mosques in DC.  I think it would be harder as a Christian since they could just say go to the church down the street.[/quote]

So you're going to deny a conservative Baptist's religious accommodation and tell them to go to a Unitarian Universalist church instead? No supervisor would have the balls to do that, sorry. Or maybe you all just don't get the goals of this administration, they would literally fire you for religious discrimination and anti-christian bias. [/quote]

No that wasn't my point.  I was saying that for many Christian religions there are more churches in DC so likely to find your same denomination there.  It's true if youre a niche Christian faith you could benefit the same way but Catholics for example wouldnt because they could say go to the catholic church down the street.[/quote]

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