Posted on 09/30/2006 3:15:49 AM PDT by Doctor13
The Muslim month of Ramadan is being celebrated in Windsor Castle with the blessing of the Queen, it was revealed.
A special prayer room has been set aside in Her Majesty's favourite residence for the Islamic month of fasting.
The room is being used by just one person who works in the gift shops at the castle.
Every workday at 1.30pm visitor services assistant Nagina Chaudhry locks herself in the room to roll out her prayer mat and point it towards Mecca.
She then dons her hijab - headscarf - and begins the half-hour lunchtime prayer required of all Muslims during Ramadan.
Miss Chaudhry said she was thrilled when castle bosses allowed her to use a specially-converted office in the historic Saxon Tower.
"It feels amazing to be the first Muslim to read namaz (prayers) at Windsor Castle," said the 19-year-old.
"I was reciting the prayer with more power than usual because I knew I was making history."
University student Miss Chaudhry, who works at the castle for two days a week, said being able to pray during her normal lunchbreak made the fasting easier.
"Ramadan is hard at the start because the days are long and your body's not used to it. At 1.30pm I would normally be going out to lunch, but because I'm praying it seems to go faster.
"The prayer really relaxes me and gives me more energy for the rest of the day."
Miss Chaudhry said she was pleasantly surprised when her request for a special prayer room was granted.
"I was worried that I might not get it because there are so many misconceptions about Islam. I've only worked there for two months, so I was surprised when everybody went out of their way to help me.
"The Queen is the head of the Church of England so it's great to know she respects other people's faith.
"I think I'm the only Muslim who works here so I feel special knowing they've made such an effort for me."
A spokesman for the Royal Household confirmed that the room had been set aside for prayers during Ramadan.
"We have had Muslim employees before who have taken time out to pray, but a decision has been made to make a particular room available during Ramadan," she said.
"There is no cost to the change of use because the office will continue to be used throughout the working week.
The spokesman added that she was not able to say what the Queen's views on the room were, but confirmed that she had been consulted.
"Because this is a decision that has been reached which affects Windsor Castle, the Queen would be aware of the decision," the spokesman added.
IMO, Great Britain is well on its way to accepting Shira Law. Whether it will be another nearby country first is a tossup. The economy of that country (and many other European countries) is laced with Arabian interests.
The Muslims are on their way to peaceful conquest of the mostly Godless West only if they can keep their terrorist strategy under control. Or maybe the terrorist strategy will accelerate it. Will it happen during our lifetime or later?
Muslims make pigs of themselves during Ramadan. They gain weight during this alleged holy month because they eat at any and all hours when the sun don't shine. I'll be fasting this Yom Kippur but the lavish post-fast spreads are an abomination
That is ridiculous! Why are we giving in to these people??? The Queen is off her rocker!
"IMO, Great Britain is well on its way to accepting Shira Law"
Not sure what your opinion is based, but I live in the UK and can assure you that you're wrong. Cheers.
2 million Muslims are not going to impose Sharia Law on the other 58 million of us.
Sorry, I know some people like to believe the worst, but it's not going to happen.
As for this girl, alike Canard said, they just let her use a free room at break time. So what?
***I wonder what perks you get if you've worked there a full year!***
If you are catholic, Jewish, or Hindu you get no perks.
Where is the Catholic prayer room? The Jewish prayer room.
This is just horse crap.
Death by assimilation.
They can if the greater number all lie down and take it.
Boy, am I glad to hear that!
My opinion was based on the small but steady trickle of events that seem to gravitate toward an Islamic domination eventually, on the fact that Brits are moving away from the Anglican Church and Christianity (with its accompanying religious vacuum), the strong economic interests of Arab countries in Britain, the continued influx of Muslims into the country, the godless face of creeping socialism, the apparent lack of positive news on the recent terrorist bombing in Great Britain, government policies that encourage "diversity" and acceptance of outsiders without accompanying acceptance of culture and language, and things like that.
Which they won't.
The only way it can happen is if a majority of people in this country vote into power a party which wants to introduce Sahria Law. That's democracy for you.
Our largest influx is currently of white Catholic East Europeans, over a million in the last 2 years. I've lived in my small town for 4 years and there have never been any foreigners here: I think I've seen less than 10 black or asian* faces in all that time. Now, though, there are a lot of Poles around, the local pubs stock Polish beer and the library stocks Polish books.
* in the British sense, ie, from the Indian subcontinent.
does she give it to all other religions?
The "Queen" and the House of Windsor always were and are Pro-Moslem.
Ok, we will see. Whatever you do, we're right behind you here in America
So what would happen if a Viking showed up and demanded to read chicken entrails and cast rune stones on the royal floor.
And at this moment your english toilets are being turned away from Mecca and your graveyards, FOR ALL FAITHS, are being arranged so corpses will be facing Mecca at burial.
England is falling to Islam....
"Every workday at 1.30pm visitor services assistant Nagina Chaudhry locks herself in the room to roll out her prayer mat and point it towards Mecca."
Toss in a grenade... shut the door again... problem solved!
LLS
I'm wondering how many Christian "prayer rooms" are set aside in the palaces of Islamic potentates. I'm guessing, in round numbers, ZERO.
Doc,
I was in England for some time in the mid 70's. Walking in London one found oneself surrounded by sheet-wrapped muzzies. They were everywhere... speaking arabic... snarling at westerners, and more than myself noted it was like being surrounded by evil demons... because that is what they were.
Many predicted then what has come to pass... girlymen ignored the warnings then, as they continue to ignore them today.
LLS
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