Security guards who patrol the headquarters of tech giant Amazon in Seattle, Washington are criticizing the company saying Muslim workers are mistreated because it doesn't provide them anywhere to pray.

Amazon 'declared support' in January for a lawsuit against President Trump's order to put a temporary halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, but Muslims working on the company's own premises are outraged at the treatment received at work and are planning a protest for May 1.

The company is accused of double-standards because it provides stand-alone prayer rooms for Amazon employees who work in high-tech jobs within the company, but appears to be less understanding to those further down the food chain.

Muslim security guards working at Amazon claim the firm is makes it difficult for them to pray

Followers of Islam are required to pray five times a day, but some workers have been told they are not allowed to use prayer roons

Those at the lower echelons of the organization say they are not provided with the same level of accommodation and those that do speak out against the unfair policies are later reprimanded.

The Service Employees International Union and three Muslim guards who work for Security Industry Specialists, the security contractor Amazon uses to guard its facility, say the guards are being refused the opportunity to pray five times daily while other religions are allowed to use prayer rooms.

Muslims employed by SIS say use of prayer rooms was not fully extended to lower-paid officers who patrolled the complex, even though it was mainly Muslims that made up the 800-strong security guard workforce.

Essag Hassan, a former SIS guard at Amazon, said he was let go because of his request to be allowed to pray on his work break.

A protest and march is planned for the start of May (file photo)

'I was fired and not given a reason why,' Hassan told PJMedia. 'I'm speaking out for all Muslim security workers and for workers of any religion. When you ask for a space to pray on your work break, that request should be treated with respect.'

Hassan believes that there has been a shift in attitudes against Muslims at Amazon.

Speaking to ThinkProgress one worker alleged that SIS employees are unable to access prayer rooms during the work day.

Devout Muslims typically pray five times a day as part of their religion.

SIS employees claim that Amazon forbids them from interacting with employees of Amazon when they are in prayer rooms.

Managers have encouraged them to pray elsewhere but quite often it is not convenient.

One worker for the security company working at Amazon claimed their prayer items had been walked on by another staff member and had been told to pray at a building some distance away

'Some employees are told, well, go to your car [to pray],' Ismahan Ismail, a former SIS employee who now works for Amazon, told ThinkProgress. 'Some don't even have a car.'

Others are instructed to go to the end of the Amazon's massive building to pray, several minutes walk away, it was alleged.

Further compounding the problem, often the prayer times do not coincide with what are just short 10-minute breaks that don't correspond with Muslim prayer times that alter daily.

'There's been issues regarding religious prayers, with some not being given a space to practice,' said Ismail. 'When I did speak up, I was actually retaliated against. I had someone step on my prayer items.'

Despite such seemingly valid clams of discrimination being airs, the CRO of SIS Tom Seltz says it is complete fabrication and maintains that SIS employees working at Amazon have always been given space to pray on their breaks.

'Before prayer rooms were introduced, employees generally used a vacant conference room or quiet room, when available,' Seltz wrote in an email. 'This has been the case for the past four years (since we've been at Amazon), and the recent addition of dedicated prayer rooms has just made access even easier.'

Next month, a strongly worded letter from Seattle Muslims will be delivered to Amazon alongside a rally outside the company's headquarters.

'Unlike other companies in locations with large Muslim populations, Amazon has not supported Muslim service workers requesting space to pray during their law-mandated work breaks,' an email to PJM read.

'Despite granting the high-earning tech workers conference rooms to pray in, there appears to be a double standard for the contracted security officers who protect the tech giant,' the SEIU email concluded.