Aussie Diversity Director Calls for Muslim Prayer Rooms in All Universities
Charles Johnson
Tue Sep 4, 2007 at 11:06 am PDT • Views: 247
The University of Western Sydney’s Director of Equity and Diversity is calling for halal food and Islamic prayer rooms at all Australian universities.
HALAL food and prayer rooms should be adopted at all universities to help Muslim students meet their religious and educational obligations, a conference heard yesterday.
The religious needs of Muslim university students were addressed at an inaugural conference launched by the University of Western Sydney.
UWS Director of Equity and Diversity Dr Sev Ozdowski said they wanted to develop national standards for Muslim students which could be incorporated by other universities.
The “Access, Inclusion and Success - Muslim students at Australian universities” two-day conference is covering issues relating to gender, discrimination and how to meet the fundamental religious needs of Muslim students.
Dr Ozdowski told The Daily Telegraph the aim of the forum was to raise awareness and to find a way to make sure Muslim students can meet obligations to their religion as well as the university.
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