I spent this morning in a workshop led by Shaima Khan from Muslim Youth Services, in which she helped Gold Coast community care professionals get some understanding of their Muslim clients and colleagues.

I enjoyed learning some of the practical details of how Ramadan is practiced, organising prayer routines, physical contact between genders and alcohol abstinence. I wasn’t aware of the need to wash up before prayer, including hands, face and feet.

Here’s a humorous but to-the-point video on Muslims in the workplace, from Salam Cafe, a ten week series run on SBS in 2008, based on the Channel 31 title Ramadan TV.

Click on the image below to play the video in YouTube (HD)