A Colorado meat-packing company's policies don't violate the religious rights of Muslim employees, a federal court has ruled.
JBS Swift & Co., based in Greeley, Colo., was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after Muslim workers claimed discrimination.
"Religion Clause," a blog that covers religious-freedom cases, reported that the Muslim employees asserted that the firm had "refused to reasonably accommodate Muslim employees' needs during Ramadan to pray and break their fast; that employees were disciplined on the basis of religion, national origin and race; and that JBS retaliated against a group of black, Muslim, Somali employees for opposing discrimination during Ramadan."
U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer ruled that while the EEOC was able to show...
