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Museums asked to create prayer rooms
Glasgow's museums and libraries have been asked to set aside a prayer room to encourage people of different faiths to use them.The Burrell Collection, the Kelvingrove Museum and the Gallery of Modern Art are among those which have been asked to make facilities available for those who wish to pray during the day.
Some Muslims pray five times a day and officials believe many are inconvenienced by the lack of specific facilities. There are an estimated 50,000 Muslims in Scotland, four-fifths of whom stay in Glasgow. Sikhs also pray during the day but have a less structured timetable.
Tom Harrigan, the council's inter-faith liaision officer, has encouraged museums to become more user-friendly for people of a variety of faiths.
St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art has a room available to people on request. Other museums are expected to follow its example depending on the space available.
Full story at The Herald.
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