Airport prayer rooms

[Paul_theApostle]

At our airport there is a prayer room ,but when i went inside there was only Islamic books inside and a prayer mat for muslims.

I was surprised there was no Bible in there.

What is your experience of Airport prayer rooms?

Do Christians use them?

 

[Rhuarc]

I am pretty sure that when they made the prayer room it was meant for muslims. Muslims must pray 5 times a day and when they are traveling it is hard to prostrate in an airport. While Christians aren’t nearly as obliged to pray through out the day.

 

[Elizium23]

I visited the chapel at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport and found it pleasant and well-stocked with various books. I found a Bible - can’t remember which translation - and a copy of Christian Prayer with which I prayed the Liturgy of the Hours. I don’t think anyone else came in while I was sitting there. There was a very small altar at the front, a fountain, and I think there was an eternal flame burning there.

 

[Operalan]

I’ve been in the chapels (prayer rooms) in various airports all over the world. They are generally non-denominational. Often, you will find religious materials from various faiths. In some cities, there is a regularly scheduled Catholic Mass in the chapel. One can often find out the service schedule via a website.

 

[Lancer]

Same experiences!

 

[Sunbreak]

Most of the prayer rooms I’ve seen in airports have been rather generic looking. Some have religious material and others don’t. Some have a chaplain and others don’t. I went to one room and it was obviously geared toward Muslims. There were some Muslim pamphlets and nothing else. There were chairs against the wall and the whole center section was carpeted with nothing in it.

 

[Kouyate42]

Certainly for the airports I’ve been to, the prayer rooms there are inter-faith and geared towards ALL faiths. The one I went into at Newcastle Airport is stocked with various holy books, an altar, a small mihrab to show the direction of Makkah, leaflets/pamphlets for Newcastle’s various places of worship, a board showing Muslim salah times and some other things such as chaplaincy contact details.

I was recently at this airport and prayed the 'asr (mid-afternoon) prayer in there with another Muslim woman. It was awkward as I’m still really nervous about praying in public.

Ditto the same for Heathrow Aiport.

 

[LilyM]

From memory the prayer room (or was it actually a chapel?) at Rome airport was quite Catholic - I recall an image of the Madonna for one thing. But you’d expect that in Rome, wouldn’t you