Muis calls for migrant workers to pray at dorms instead of mosques on Eid; later apologises
Some netizens reacted in shock and disgust at the letter, prompting concerns at the treatment of migrant workers here.
“Our migrant worker brothers deserve all our kindness and generosity. We have to be better, and we have to be kinder.” Speaking to TNP, Shazalina Salim, an entrepreneur, said that regardless of how the statement is phrased, the intention of segregating and keeping a group of“Muis could have worked with dorms and picked a venue for the Muslim migrant workers to perform the Eid prayer together and have the session in Bengali – if its intention is to help the workers perform their Eid prayers in comfort – instead of just telling the workers to sort it out themselves.
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