Minnesota hospital adds prayer stickers By Faiza Mahamud, Star Tribune
Published: April 24, 2021, 6:00am
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MINNEAPOLIS Muslims getting care at the Hennepin Healthcare will no longer scramble to locate the right direction for prayer.
The hospital and Muslim leaders affixed stickers in 60 rooms around the emergency department indicating qibla, the direction they should face when praying. Hennepin Healthcare also made a commitment to put prayer stickers throughout the hospital as a nod of support for their growing caseload of Muslim patients.
Minnesota is home to at least 150,000 Muslims. The Hennepin Healthcare’s emergency department alone serves more than 210 Muslims on average a day.
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