Why do airports have prayer rooms?

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IIIHorn
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Are you against mass transit?

Aston04
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AG
infinity ag said:

BluHorseShu said:

infinity ag said:

The Banned said:

infinity ag said:

Why can't people pray at home if they need to?
Only Muslims seem to use it anyway even though they call it "multi faith".



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Why does it bother you?

Several reasons.
1. Waste of money
2. Pandering to only 1 religion.
3. Bringing religion where it does not belong (like Islamic countries)
4. You give a bit, people ask for more. So why not prayer rooms in airplanes? Why not loudspeakers for Muslim call to prayer?
Good grief. Airports have accommodated travelers forever. Sounds like just example of seeking out innocuous things to try and create some kind of drama that doesn't exist.
Hospitals have chapels too. Are they pandering to mostly Christians? I am Christian and I can tell you it belongs everywhere.

Hmm. In that case, do you want aircraft to build prayer rooms onboard for 13 hour trans-continental flights? Someone might feel the urge to pray over Iceland and get on the aisles impeding people traffic.


Surely you are not comparing the value of a small room in a airport to a small room on a freaking passenger plane?

Hint: one proposed accommodation would massively reduce revenue - the other makes no difference or arguably increases airport revenue by helping more people be comfortable flying. These are rational business decisions you are complaining about, not woke bs.
Tramp96
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TChaney said:


Quote:

Our Lady of the Airways,


That's what they should've named EWTN.
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infinity ag said:


3. Bringing religion where it does not belong (like Islamic countries)


Who are you to decide where religion "doesn't belong?

For many of us religion is inherent in all we do in our lives. It us our lifeblood, not just a garment to be hung on a hook when not in use or hidden away when in public, but an integral part of our lives.
People of integrity expect to be believed, when they're not, they let time prove them right.
Antoninus
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So, we support prayer at high school sporting events, but not at airports?

It is all very confusing.

Does this apparent inconsistency relate at all to the likelihood that we will LIKE the content of the prayer (and the identities of those praying) more at one venue than at the other?
 
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