"Discrimination Against Muslims In US: Human Rights Violation Charged Against Pax Assist Inc At JFK Airport", 27 Jan 2016

The New York City Commission on Human Rights has charged a contractor working at JFK Airport with discrimination against Muslim employees after the company allegedly denied workers time to pray and break fast during Ramadan.  The commission filed the charges on behalf of the city instead of requiring individual victims to come forward...The commission said that Pax Assist, Inc. violated the city’s human rights law by denying time for religious observance and alleged that supervisors also harassed Muslim employees who requested the break time...“I requested to push back my break time to 8 p.m. so I could eat after a full day of fasting but was refused,” said an unidentified Muslim employee...“Employees of every faith have a legal right to request religious accommodations and should not be harassed or discriminated against by their employer for requesting break time to observe their faith.” [said Hollis V. Pfitsch, Deputy Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau at the NYC Commission on Human Rights]...“Now more than ever, it is important for everyone to stand up against discrimination and hate, and to protect the rights of Muslim Americans,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio...