A $25,000 Muslin prayer room recently opened at the University of Toronto's theological campus
Emmanuel College has garnered international attention from Muslim media.
An article featured in On Islam writes, "University officials opine that the move to open a prayer room for Muslim students helps promote inter-faith relations." It goes on to describe how the prayer room is part of a larger focus on Islam and "new spaces for Muslim students" to expand efforts to "enrich multi-faith dialogue both on and off campus."
?Emmanuel College is the theological college of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.
"There’s a history of Emmanuel College and the Muslim community that has been standing for about four years now," Mark Toulouse, principal and professor of the History of Christianity, told On Islam.
"In February 2010, we started the Muslim studies program, as well as the Canadian Muslim continuing education certificate program. We also have a master’s program--the Muslim Studies track--for students interested in becoming Muslim chaplains."
The article writes that the Canadian Jaffari Muslin Foundation, the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, the Islamic Institute of Toronto, the Muslim Chaplaincy, and the Muslim Students Association at University of Toronto funded the prayer space.
It is part of the University of Toronto's plan to develop a "more inclusive multi-faith prayer space to welcome all religions."
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Original source: On Islam