Should an Islamic electrician be allowed to refuse to wire a Christian church?

I don't necessarily agree with all of the teachings of the Amish. BUT, I sincerely respect the dedication and character of the vast majority I have seen.

CH (MAJ) William Beaver, I grew up (partially) in York County PA, which is the county next to Lancaster. When I was in high school, I drove through down town York everyday. Everyday there was Amish in the one neighborhood using power tools, driving trucks to bring supplies and remodel the houses. After a few months of watching this, I stopped and talked with them. They are granted permission from their leader to use electric, cellphones and cars for work only. Still no electric in their houses and their personal stuff was all done by buggy, but it was a trip to see! They had bought the houses cheap, were remodeling them to flip the houses for a profit. It took the neighbor from a slum to a really nice middle class area. I am sure they made quite a bit of money too!

I live in Lancaster County PA, the hard core Mennonites and Amish crack me up. You can do almost anything to make money, just not supposed to use it for your own pleasure. A lot of them don't even believe in the rules, but don't want to get shunned and kicked out of their church. Some of the Mennonites I know say business is business, personal is personal. They will screw you over in a heart beat in a business deal, and your not supposed to take it personal because its just business. Spend a little time driving down Railroad Ave at New Holland PA, this farmer just uses mules to farm, this guy uses them but has a gas engine on the machine they are pulling, this guy has a tractor, but it has steel wheels, this guy uses a small bulldozer to pull his stuff, and they all claim some religious high ground to what they do. Two of the groups fought over a little window in the back of the buggy. They are a crazy bunch to figure out. But they do great stuff life they did after the hurricane. I will tell you though, a lot of the Amish will cut any corner they can doing something. A plumbing company for example that went out of business a few years ago always used plumbing PEX pipe on their radiant heat jobs because they didn't understand the importance of the oxygen barrier in the proper pipe. No way an Amish carpenter would ever build a house for me, I have seen far too much.

It's nice to read a truly AMERICAN point of view. Thanks you Sir!