This is a very unfortunate story, especially because as usual the media including CBC is making a bigger deal out of this and is selectively reporting what they like.

As some commentators have said, the reason the workers want to take a break, is so they can break their fast for the month of Ramadan as they are fasting all day without food and drink.  They aren't asking for extra break time either, simply just to have the time changed for the month of Ramadan.

Surely in democratic and multi-cultural societies, this is a reasonable request and at least in Canada is mandated by law.
It appears that any time Muslims request their rights or want to defend themselves against unfair treatment, the anti-Islamists still complain, and of course if Muslims are quiet about issues they are accused of being terrorists.

We've often commented on different stories and felt some Muslims were making unreasonable requests but we don't feel this is one of them.
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Most of the posters have said everything imaginable from both sides.
It is unfortunate that the people who feel most passionate about these issues are clearly people who fear, hate and make it their duty to attack and demonize Muslims.

Let's be realistic here, as far as the article goes (and the things they left out), this is a group of Muslims simply asking to change the time of their break (not to ask for extra time off or extra breaks), so they can eat and drink after fasting all day.

In Canada a legal duty to reasonably accommodate religious practices and I don't see how this is unreasonable.

My hats are off to the educated and tolerant Canadians who can see through the motivation and comments of hateful posters who are staunchly against Muslims due to their religious views.

This is a general comment but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed that ever since 9/11 racists and hate groups have used 13 people belonging to a single religion, to demonize all Muslims and have extended their same "reasons" to increase hate against other races and religions.

There are clearly organized groups of racists and people who hate every color and religion other than their own, who use the news headlines to propagate hate against people. Whether it is a Chinese or Indian person who is guilty of a crime, they use the headlines as proof that "xyz" people or "xyz" religion is evil and a threat to our society.  Imagine, if the reverse happened, if everyone else ganged up against the racists and their plans to create friction between every race and religion.

It is a shame as usual that in part due to the media, that anti-Islamists will use this as another strike against Islam and all Muslims, regardless of the real story, or whether the company in question acted in appropriately.

This just seems like more proof that unfortunately anti-Islamism is alive and well and widely accepted in our society.