Prayer Room

DeepOcean said:
i'm determined to get a prayer room going! But no one is helping!!!! lol
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do you need my help?? maybe i could email them a letter or something.
if worse come to worse, i heard a story that boys at a achool had to pray on the ashphalt -or however you spell it. outside. do not sacrifice your prayers sis. go behind the school. hey, is there a muslim in your area that you know. maybe you could knowck on their door and ask them. but then again, why should you have to do that. i say fight to you get your room.
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That is sad that ur college dosn't have a prayer room.
At my college, even though there are not that many Muslims in the college but we do have a Multi Faith Prayer room and there is a time on the time table for that room for all the faiths but the noon prayer time does not really fit into my time table, I quite nervious praying in there when I do have time and I think the room is kepted locked when it's not in uses, even when there is something time tabled into it. I am still new to the fiath and my confidents is growing everyday. I will pray in there before my college year is out. We even have a Equality and Diversity person who is there that every person with a disabilty or faith is catered for in the college. He is lovely and he is very easy to talk to.
I would advise to see your Equality and Diversity teacher, if you have one,and get them envoled as thats there job.
 
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WE GOT A PRAYER ROOM!!! ALHAMDULILAH! ALLAH HU AKBAR!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
I tryed to use the prayer room at my college the other day at the time it is time tabled in but it was locked.:mad:
I went to my courses bacis room and no-one was in there so I prayed in there. One of my course mates did come in and he stayed quite for me.
I also pray in my departments medical room 2 days a weeks as my breacks don't fit into the time for the prayer room. It's lovely and quiet in there and no-one can disturbe me. :statisfie
 
There is a prayer room (multi faith chaple) at my college. As I said before the room is kepted locked when it's not in uses as there is a computer in there. I went to it yesterday at the time it said I can uses it and it was locked and I had to pray in a class room. I spoke to my tutor and she made a phone call and all I have to do is ask for the key from college reception which is cool. I used it for the 1st time today and it's really quiet in the room even though it is just round the corner from the canteen which gets very noisy at lunch times. The room has symbals from many faiths in there but founturely for me the Qibla is pointing away from the symbals. It's better to pray in the chaple/prayer room, than in a class room.
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Im think im the only muslim that prays in college. I talked to my tutor and asked him whether there was anywhere i would be allowed to use.. and he was really friengly about it, he even said like isnt it illegal or something not to atleast have a multifaith room? ..Anyway in the end i am allowed to use the first aid room which is tiny! and i mean tiny. I have to ask reception everytime i want to use it and obvioulsy if someone has to use it i cannot, it has a lock and everything so nobody can just walk in which is good. So alhamdulillah everything worked out fine. I admit its a bit difficult to do wudu and pray at college but enshallah allah will accept my prayers and the prayers of the rest of the muslimeen and make it easy for us to keep our prayers on time amen.

Anyway i think its unacceptable for them not to allow you to pray. And its not just muslims, all religions should be able to practice their faith at school/college.
 
Fayrouz said:
Im think im the only muslim that prays in college. I talked to my tutor and asked him whether there was anywhere i would be allowed to use.. and he was really friengly about it, he even said like isnt it illegal or something not to atleast have a multifaith room? ..Anyway in the end i am allowed to use the first aid room which is tiny! and i mean tiny. I have to ask reception everytime i want to use it and obvioulsy if someone has to use it i cannot, it has a lock and everything so nobody can just walk in which is good. So alhamdulillah everything worked out fine. I admit its a bit difficult to do wudu and pray at college but enshallah allah will accept my prayers and the prayers of the rest of the muslimeen and make it easy for us to keep our prayers on time amen.

Anyway i think its unacceptable for them not to allow you to pray. And its not just muslims, all religions should be able to practice their faith at school/college.
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It sad to hear about your situation Fayrouz. Pray that more Muslims come to the college and that they will have to provied a prayer room for you to pray in.

I used my college prayer room today and it wasn't locked which was good but I was a little nervious useing though.
I do find doing Wudu hard at college and when there are people walking into the tolets and looking at you strangely. I do everything except my feet. As I've said before, I use the medical room on 2 days when my lunch break doesn't fit in with the times for the prayer room. I don't know what I will do if the medical room is being used but I will over come that jump when I get to it.
 
I was thinking this probelm y'day.... i mean i live in country where they have mosques everywhere.... After reading this thread, I will not take praying at my uni's mosque for granted.... good luck to all to find somewhere to pray...

mayza
 
Alhamdulillah, despite living in a non-Muslim country (in the west) my university has several prayer rooms and even a wudhu area. I did not know how lucky i was until i read these posts. Alhamdulillah.
 
Esther462 said:
It sad to hear about your situation Fayrouz. Pray that more Muslims come to the college and that they will have to provied a prayer room for you to pray in.

I used my college prayer room today and it wasn't locked which was good but I was a little nervious useing though.
I do find doing Wudu hard at college and when there are people walking into the tolets and looking at you strangely. I do everything except my feet. As I've said before, I use the medical room on 2 days when my lunch break doesn't fit in with the times for the prayer room. I don't know what I will do if the medical room is being used but I will over come that jump when I get to it.
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I know how you feel. Well my college said theyre planning on building an extension or something in 4 years time and that will include a prayer room, however i would have graduate uni by then enshallah so thats not much help to me! As for doing wudu we have disabled toilets with little sinks so i go in there an do my wudu in private where i can take my hijab off and do it properly, i dont know what id do without out the disabled toilets!! I remeber when the first aid room was being used once i asked if there was anywhere else i could use and they let me use the massive main hall and i just locked it and closed the curtains! now that was an experience!!!
 
Fayrouz said:
I know how you feel. As for doing wudu we have disabled toilets with little sinks so i go in there an do my wudu in private where i can take my hijab off and do it properly, i dont know what id do without out the disabled toilets!! I remeber when the first aid room was being used once i asked if there was anywhere else i could use and they let me use the massive main hall and i just locked it and closed the curtains! now that was an experience!!!
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Thanks. There are disabled toilets at my college but they don't like none wheel chair users from useing them and if I lift my legs above a certen point, I get really bad hip cramp which really hirts.
If the medical room is in useage, I'll proberly end up praying in the kitchen class room or in the empty office in the staff area in my block. That would be scary as a few of the tutors are Christian and 1 or 2 like to take the wind me up. They are just having a little fun with me.
 
Yes, bro Abdullah's idea is good. Getting assistance from local muslims in your area about this issue is important. Its a mystery why they can't just allocate ONE empty classroom during lunchtime *shakes head* If a classroom is not available, Inshallah a quiet and clean area would suffice.
 
Oh man, my apologies. I did not read the rest of the pages, haha. Alhamdulillah you have a prayer room now! I believe this issue is a more difficult one for our muslim sisters than brothers. Inshallah you all will get assistance soon.
 

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