SIOE is organizing a boycott of Telenor.
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On the holiday Telenor employees Amina Sohail and Simen Wølneberg will go to Christmas dinner. They will be served halal food, so that everybody can eat the same.
"It's always appropriate to offer vegetarian food or special food for those who won't eat traditional Christmas food," says Pakistani Amina Sohail.
"I'm used to getting some questions about why I don't drink alcohol. I don't feel that it's a problem to answer that," says Arslan F.Mohammed, who was born in Norway and has Pakistani roots.
"Muslims who don't drink alcohol are respected. Both those who drink alcohol and those who don't drink accept that there are people with another point of view on alcohol," says Simen Wølneberg.
Telenor no longer has common Christmas dinners for all workers, but rather by departments. Sohail and Wølneberg work in the same department and will be at a mini-seminar with Christmas dinner at Trysil on the holiday. There halal food will be served to everybody.
"Christmas dinner is not just about alcohol. Socially being together is also an important part of it. For one of the Christmas parties last year we prepared Christmas lights. It was fun. For me the Christmas festival is just like the Muslim festival Eid," says Sohail.
"Even if I don't drink, then I don't feel excluded. It's appropriate to be open about it," points out Mohammed.
"Telenor is an international company which is active in many Muslim countries. Therefore it's not a problem to take workers with Muslim background into consideration," adds Wølneberg.
- do you feel you must drink less at Christmas lunch when some don't drink alcohol?
"No, most don't think about it. People are absorbed in that the Christmas dinner is a good opportunity to see people in other surroundings than the office," answers Wølneberg.
Source: Aftenposten (English), h/t SIOE
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On the holiday Telenor employees Amina Sohail and Simen Wølneberg will go to Christmas dinner. They will be served halal food, so that everybody can eat the same.
"It's always appropriate to offer vegetarian food or special food for those who won't eat traditional Christmas food," says Pakistani Amina Sohail.
"I'm used to getting some questions about why I don't drink alcohol. I don't feel that it's a problem to answer that," says Arslan F.Mohammed, who was born in Norway and has Pakistani roots.
"Muslims who don't drink alcohol are respected. Both those who drink alcohol and those who don't drink accept that there are people with another point of view on alcohol," says Simen Wølneberg.
Telenor no longer has common Christmas dinners for all workers, but rather by departments. Sohail and Wølneberg work in the same department and will be at a mini-seminar with Christmas dinner at Trysil on the holiday. There halal food will be served to everybody.
"Christmas dinner is not just about alcohol. Socially being together is also an important part of it. For one of the Christmas parties last year we prepared Christmas lights. It was fun. For me the Christmas festival is just like the Muslim festival Eid," says Sohail.
"Even if I don't drink, then I don't feel excluded. It's appropriate to be open about it," points out Mohammed.
"Telenor is an international company which is active in many Muslim countries. Therefore it's not a problem to take workers with Muslim background into consideration," adds Wølneberg.
- do you feel you must drink less at Christmas lunch when some don't drink alcohol?
"No, most don't think about it. People are absorbed in that the Christmas dinner is a good opportunity to see people in other surroundings than the office," answers Wølneberg.
Source: Aftenposten (English), h/t SIOE
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