Queen grants Muslim prayer room

[Lina]

:sl:

The Queen has given permission for a room in Windsor Castle to be used as an area for Muslims to pray.
The move came after 19-year-old Nagina Chaudhry who works at the visitors' shop in Berkshire, asked for somewhere to pray during Ramadan.

A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said an office had been set aside for Miss Chaudhry to use as a lunchtime prayer chamber.

A similar facility for Muslims already exists at Buckingham Palace.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/5395298.stm

[north_malaysian]

Wow.....

[Pretty_najm]

Double wow! But Alhumdullilah!

[north_malaysian]

I wonder if they have such prayer room in the White House...:rollseyes

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[Keltoi]

I wonder if they have such prayer room in the White House...:rollseyes

Highly doubtful. There hasn't been a practicing Muslim in any presidential adminstration that I'm aware of. The chances of one actually being built or converted are slim in any case.

[north_malaysian]

Highly doubtful. There hasn't been a practicing Muslim in any presidential adminstration that I'm aware of. The chances of one actually being built or converted are slim in any case.

Hmmm.... in that case...so no need to have one.... but as the President host Ramadan iftar in the White House ... I think he might have one room for Muslim delegations to pray......

[Curaezipirid]

Cool and cudos to the Queen; but that don't mean we can get into any speculation about anybody else being wrong for not providing such a space.

[Kamilah]

Masha'Allah...may Allah give the Queen Hidayaah..may Allah show her the light of Islam...Ameen

[Fishman]

:sl:
It was a nice thing to do, but that doesn't make much of an impact on my stance on the monachy...
:w:

[Ninth_Scribe]

:sl:

The Queen has given permission for a room in Windsor Castle to be used as an area for Muslims to pray.
The move came after 19-year-old Nagina Chaudhry who works at the visitors' shop in Berkshire, asked for somewhere to pray during Ramadan.

A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said an office had been set aside for Miss Chaudhry to use as a lunchtime prayer chamber.

A similar facility for Muslims already exists at Buckingham Palace.

That's my girl! Seriously, you men should allow us women more authority. We do know how to clean up most household messes :okay:

Ninth Scribe

[Bittersteel]

It shouldn't have been given.This will anger the Christians.Already the UK are sending ambassadors to Bangladesh,calling every Islamic peopel terrorists,equating Islam with terrorism....

[Muezzin]

It shouldn't have been given.This will anger the Christians.

How so? Surely there's already a chapel in Buckingham Palace?

[afriend]

lol forgive him......It's the country he resides in....

But, on topic....I think that was an appsolutely marvellous thing to confer....Good ol' king..I mean queen :D

[Fishman]

:sl:
Britain should be a republic!
:w:

[wilberhum]

I wonder if Saudi Arabia will open a Christian prayer room in Al-Yamamh Palace

[IceQueen~]

which Queen...? :hiding: oh that one! ;D

[north_malaysian]

I wonder if Saudi Arabia will open a Christian prayer room in Al-Yamamh Palace

Christians have to pray 5 times per day during their working days?

[Abdulwaheed]

LOL i doubt they would be able to pray 5 times a day. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about fasting and praying and He reckons Islam is too hard for him to follow.
He thinks fasting is impossible!

[butterfly+]

that is actually quite cool. go queen! lol

[Woodrow]

Actually if Christians did follow the times of prayer established by the early Christian Church it would be at least 5 prayer times per day. The morning prayer upon awakening, The prayer before each meal and the bed time prayers. Seems like there are a few other non-obligatory ones throughout the day, plus there would be the 40 day fast for lent. I believe the Catholics and Eastern Orthodox were the only ones that observed them for any length of time and they have now dwindled away from them.

The Queen has taken quite a big step foreward. I think she should be commended for her decision.

[north_malaysian]

The Queen has taken quite a big step foreward. I think she should be commended for her decision.

Her 'EMPIRE' had the largest Muslim population in the world (....once upon a time, when she's younger)

Long live the monarchy... long live the Commonwealth...:okay:

[Fishman]

Her 'EMPIRE' had the largest Muslim population in the world (....once upon a time, when she's younger)

:sl:
That was a different Queen, mate!
:w:

[Trumble]

:sl:
Britain should be a republic!
:w:

Dunno. I used to think that once, but having a head of state with essentially no real power has huge diplomatic advantages, not to mention that the Royals bring far more money in from tourists than it costs to keep them.

The other thing is that a republic would require some sort of President.. at that point I just have a screaming fit whenever anybody lists the possible candidates for the job.. :grumbling

[Fishman]

Dunno. I used to think that once, but having a head of state with essentially no real power has huge diplomatic advantages, not to mention that the Royals bring far more money in from tourists than it costs to keep them.

The other thing is that a republic would require some sort of President.. at that point I just have a screaming fit whenever anybody lists the possible candidates for the job.. :grumbling

:sl:
They take our taxes...
:w:

[Trumble]

:sl:
They take our taxes...
:w:

Any system of government takes taxes. Most of the costs associated with the Royals would stay the same in a republic, anyway - they would just be 're-branded' (paint out "HM the Queen" and paint on "President of the United Kingdom of Great Britain"). And as I said, unlike a political President, the Royals bring an awful lot more into the economy just from American and Japanese tourists than it costs to keep them.

[north_malaysian]

:sl:
That was a different Queen, mate!
:w:

"Elizabeth became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952."

taken from wikipedia... and I think during that time Pakistan also includes Bangladesh?

[Fishman]

"Elizabeth became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952."

taken from wikipedia... and I think during that time Pakistan also includes Bangladesh?

:sl:
Sorry, I thought you were talking about Victoria. Today's 'Empire' isn't really an empire at all. All of these countries are indipendent states.
:w:

[Muezzin]

:sl:
Sorry, I thought you were talking about Victoria. Today's 'Empire' isn't really an empire at all. All of these countries are indipendent states.
:w:

Those countries are/were part of the Commonwealth. Except Pakistan got kicked out when Musharraf came to power via military coup. And now he's an ally to democracy. :rollseyes

[north_malaysian]

Those countries are/were part of the Commonwealth. Except Pakistan got kicked out when Musharraf came to power via military coup. And now he's an ally to democracy. :rollseyes

Some Muslim countries belong to the British Commonwealth which is lead by her such as Malaysia, Brunei, Bangladesh, MAldives, Pakistan.

During 1998's Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, she attended it as she is the patron of the Commonwealth...

And Malaysia is so supportive in the Commonwealth.