Letter: No matter what faith, more prayer is needed

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We read the May 12 letter "Suit hurts company, immigrants, freedoms" two times. It questioned whether Muslims should have paid time during work to pray. The letter offered some good ideas.



We, a Catholic and a Muslim, thank its author, who noted he came to this country and worked hard, enriching our culture with good German values.

We are glad he learned our language. We also speak a second language, Spanish and Somali, and know it helps us to understand other cultures.

We agree about the separation of church and state. We assume one would want the two institutions to help each other.

The letter questioned whether it is OK that Muslims pray during work on paid time. It is our experience that prayerful people seem to get more work done. Actually, we think we need more prayer, not only in the factory, but on the road, in the offices and in places of recreation, too.

The letter expressed displeasure about not putting up Christmas scenes by the post office. We support that view. Our culture is materialistic. We think we need more religious symbols — like Christmas scenes, the Ten Commandments, the cross, the crescent moon — in private and public places. We need all the help we can get!

Living in a culture that is pulling away from faith — and moving toward war, abortion and consumerism — we should not ask those who pray, "Why?" But rather those who don't, "Why not?"

Finally, that letter closed with "Immigrants must change and become proud Americans." We would state that immigrants and Americans must change and become faithful citizens.

Is that not what our country was founded on? Faith, hope and love — whether you are Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc.