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Comment on I have been to jail in the US. How come they always offer a bible instead of offering you different religious books like a quran?

grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

When I was in basic training in the U.S. Army in the late '90s, we were also offered free bibles and rosary beads and no other religious materials, although there were various services for many religions on Sundays that you were allowed to attend.

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m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I guess scheduling for different days would be to difficult, but Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath (technically starting at night fall on Friday night) and Friday prayers are the most significant to Muslims.

I don’t know if other religions have other special days.

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- grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah, they never gave a shit about that, it was all religious services on Sundays only. If I remember correctly there was Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist services, and I think maybe Wiccan.
  
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