Charity Hospital has 15 Muslim employees in the maintenance department. The hospital had a designated room for their Muslim employees to comply with their religious practice of praying 5 times daily located in the basement. Muhammad, a new employee, refused to use the room in the basement because he felt it degraded his religion to be relegated to the basement. Muhammad used the 3^rd floor visitor waiting room 3 times per day to pray. His supervisor asked him not to pray in the visitor waiting room. Muhammad continued to use the waiting room and he was fired.

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Muhammad does not have a claim for religious discrimination because he had a duty to cooperate in the accommodation. Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations for religious practices, but employees also have a duty to cooperate with reasonable accommodations provided by the employer. The designated prayer room in the basement was a reasonable accommodation, and Muhammad's refusal to use it does not support a claim for religious discrimination.

Charity Hospital Has 15 Muslim Employees in the Maintenance Department