Hi
i didnt know where to post this topic to sorry if its irrelevant to this thread
i was just wondering if anyone can guide me to where i can read my prayers
i am a commuter and is there any type of salaat/prayer room at mac i can go to?
thanks

There is a Prayer room for all religions in the Health Sci Building/Hospital.

heyy... theres a prayer room in the thode basement, a lot of people just pray behind bookshelves in mills most of the time. I know there is friday prayers on campus as well... alsoooooo mac MSA office

check out the MSA forums... i live near campus so don't know all the facilities on campus, but im sure someone more informed can help you out... but in the meantime:

http://www.macmsa.com/
check there forums, and im sure you'll get a more informed and helpful answer

Originally Posted by L'Étoile

There is a Prayer room for all religions in the Health Sci Building/Hospital.

Really? That sounds awfully dangerous. For a hospital.

I know on Fridays people gather at the Gym.

I think there's also a room in Thode Library.

Originally Posted by ShouldBeStudying

Really? That sounds awfully dangerous. For a hospital.

I know tell me about it, I don't understand it.

You can offer Friday prayers with jumma (sp?) in the gym at the far back. You can pray anytime in thode basement in prayer room. You can Pray at mills behind the bookshelves. You can pray in the ITB building on the main floor there is a designated area with prayer mats. And of course at the hospital somewhere.

Originally Posted by L'Étoile

There is a Prayer room for all religions in the Health Sci Building/Hospital.

I'm pretty sure that's in Thode, not Health Sci! Unless there's another one..

@OP- There's also the MSA office where they have places for people to pray, but now that they're moving the Phoenix from Wentworth, the MSA office might move too, but I'm not too sure!
Alternatively, you can always find an empty classroom and just pray there!

Originally Posted by ~*Sara*~

I'm pretty sure that's in Thode, not Health Sci! Unless there's another one..

There is another one, this one is not in a basement, its a small room in the second floor of healthsci/hospital building with a division in between where an area is made for sitting and reading and the other area is made for physical prayer (salah) it has quran, bible and a bunch of other religious books.

Originally Posted by L'Étoile

There is another one, this one is not in a basement, its a small room in the second floor of healthsci/hospital building with a division in between where an area is made for sitting and reading and the other area is made for physical prayer (salah) it has quran, bible and a bunch of other religious books.

Ohhh, wow. I never heard of this before. :O You have to show me this one day!

Originally Posted by BeAll_EndAll

You can offer Friday prayers with jumma (sp?) in the gym at the far back. You can pray anytime in thode basement in prayer room. You can Pray at mills behind the bookshelves. You can pray in the ITB building on the main floor there is a designated area with prayer mats. And of course at the hospital somewhere.

Mind sharing where is this at? I'm not aware of any praying space in ITB

Hey guys,

There are a number of places you can pray on campus. I'll list them out the ones I am aware of:

1) The Muslim Students' Association Prayer Area - This is located in Wentworth House. When you walk up the stairs through the main entrance of Wentworth, as opposed to making a right to go into the Phoenix, make a left and you'll see the prayer rooms right ahead, next to the Grad Students' Association. This is the most common place Muslim students pray.

2) There is the spiritual space in the hospital. You can get there by going through the doors to the left of the health sci library entrance. Keep on walking all the way down until the end and make a right. You'll see a large door and you can pray in there.

3) There is a spiritual space in Thode basement. If you walk down the stairs, walk through quiet study and to the left past the bookshelves and you will see the room on your left hand side.

These are the three "formal" places I'm aware of. There are a few informal places. There are prayer mats in the bookshelves at the back of Mills library on the second floor and someone mentioned the ITB place (although I've never seen that one). You can also check out the MSA forums (www.macmsa.com/forums) for any things else.

Also, Friday prayers during the summer - Dance studio at 1:30 pm. During the year, they are usually in the one of the gyms in the back (usually East Aux) and there are two times available. MSA forums will be really helpful.

Hope this helps!

Originally Posted by Sarah Rostom

1) The Muslim Students' Association Prayer Area - This is located in Wentworth House. When you walk up the stairs through the main entrance of Wentworth, as opposed to making a right to go into the Phoenix, make a left and you'll see the prayer rooms right ahead, next to the Grad Students' Association. This is the most common place Muslim students pray.

Isn't the Wentworth building going to be closed the next year? like I mean the whole building is closing and thats why they even moved the phoenix bar ?

As far as I know the actual building won't be closing for at least a few years. MDL posted something about this on the MSA forums a while back I think.

This is actually pretty cool, I didn't realize campus had anything like this. Not that I'm religious or anything, but it's kinda nice to hear that there's some attempt to accommodate everyone.