Apple Closes Muslim Employee Chat Group Due to Al-Quran Verses Tech – 10 hours ago

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Apple closed their internal employee communications channel on Slack which was used by Muslim and Jewish employees.

The chat group was closed after employees posted verses from the Koran and organized protests in response to the attacks currently underway in Gaza.

According to leaked messages obtained Insidermanagement at the company based in Cupertino, California, USA decided to close the Slack channel after deleting posts related to the situation in Gaza.

“We have a very important update to share with you today. We saw and heard your response,” said a person identified by Insider as the leader of Apple’s Muslim employee resource group wrote in a message to users of the Muslim Slack channel.

“We have collectively decided that the only sustainable way forward is to pause the Apple Muslim Slack channel. The Apple Jewish Slack channel will also be retired.”

Reports claim that Apple management removed posts containing verses from the Koran as well as certain words spoken by international organizations.

Employees posting on the Apple Muslim Slack channel also reportedly attempted to organize a protest, it was quoted as saying New York Post.

The leader of the Muslim resources group added that the move was taken to ensure an environment of mutual respect for the community at the company during a painful and tragic time.

“We know this comes at a time when we need our community more than ever,” the leaders wrote.

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