Small mosque to be erected at Ben-Gurion International Airport - Haaretz

Last update - 14:16 21/12/2006

Small mosque to be erected at Ben-Gurion International Airport

By Zohar Blumenkratz, Haaretz Correspondent

The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) intends to erect a small mosque at Ben-Gurion International Airport, according to the IAA Director-General Gabi Ophir.

Ophir said Thursday he has instructed the airport's management to set up a room designated for Muslim prayers, as part of IAA efforts to improve services to passengers.

The roughly 20-square-meter room will be erected in the airport's main terminal, Terminal 3.

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The plan was formulated by a senior Interior Ministry official.

"The initiative to set up the prayer room is an additional element in the efforts the IAA is making in order to strengthen ties with the Arab sector, [and follows] requests that the IAA set up a prayer room," said Ophir.

A water trough for washing feet and hands and a bench will be placed at the entrance to the room. The room will also be carpeted and will have a delineated alcove that faces Mecca. The mosque will also include a collection of copies of the Quran.

The initiative is one of a series of steps the IAA is taking in order to improve relations with the Arab sector, first and foremost of which is the establishment of a special team that will be in charge of providing customer service to Arabic-speaking passengers.

The IAA has also launched an Arabic-language Web site.

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1.	Mosque at Ben Gurion???	12:16	\|	Yossi	21/12/06

2.	cool!	12:28	\|	tuairimiocht	21/12/06

3.	Mosque only for illustrious travellers, unfortunately	12:28	\|	Hannah	21/12/06

4.	assymetric g`mulah	12:41	\|	Akiva Patysh, Tzioni	21/12/06

5.	#3 Squatter Rights?	12:41	\|	Joe P.	21/12/06

6.	Wow!	12:42	\|	ron	21/12/06

7.	Hannah, Since you have chosen not to reply to my note to you from	12:47	\|	Nadav	21/12/06

8.	#3 That`s the biggest load of rubbish. Your kind are never happy.	12:55	\|	Dan	21/12/06

9.	To Yossi and Hannah	12:57	\|	TM	21/12/06

10.	mosque at Ben Gurion	13:06	\|	darwish	21/12/06

11.	One Place for all	13:06	\|	Not Religious	21/12/06

12.	Next step : when a mosque in "Kosher Airlines" ? LOL	13:10	\|	Yanke-love-it	21/12/06

13.	WE ARE CRAZY - AT LEAST THE GOVT IS	13:12	\|	Aussie Michael	21/12/06

14.	Nice, but no solution	13:17	\|	Dani Reiss	21/12/06

15.	Not a Mosque/better treatment.	13:37	\|	Joe	21/12/06

16.	Is there a church at Ben Gurion Airport ?	13:45	\|	Paul Henzen	21/12/06

17.	Aussie#13.... ISLAM IS THE SECOND RELIGION IN ISRAEL !	13:53	\|	Jeremy	21/12/06

18.	to Yossi #1: Muslims in Israel are more than 20 %	14:05	\|	Moshe	21/12/06

19.	15: Joe, grow up	14:12	\|	David Teich	21/12/06

20.	Yech!	14:14	\|	Hannah	21/12/06

21.	To Jeremy #13 - wrong - not their land	14:15	\|	Aussie Michael	21/12/06

22.	JEREMY Many Israeli Arabs came from Egypt Jordan Syria	14:17	\|	PETER SM	21/12/06

23.	#7, Nadev	14:23	\|	Hannah	21/12/06

24.	Hannah, look under Diplomacy then "Blair calls.." to read my note	14:35	\|	Nadav	21/12/06

25.	THIS IS PROOF WHY JEWS ARE BETTER THAN ARABS	14:38	\|	hello	21/12/06

26.	Better late then never.....i guess	15:02	\|	Musa	21/12/06

27.	Why?	15:05	\|	Ahmose The Egyptian	21/12/06

28.	Synagogue in Ben Gurion	15:12	\|	Nik Miller	21/12/06

29.	I CAN`T BELIEVE THIS!!!	15:21	\|	Robert	21/12/06

30.	Arafat International Airport will be ours someday anyway.	15:21	\|	Ramsi	21/12/06

31.	26`s Drivel	15:29	\|	Lavi	21/12/06

32.	Suckers!	15:30	\|	M. Duvduvani	21/12/06

33.	Ramsi # 30. I suggest that you share your announcement with	15:30	\|	Reuma	21/12/06

34.	Ramsi - Gaza	15:30	\|	Nik Miller	21/12/06

35.	Don`t see the benifit	15:31	\|	Rami	21/12/06

36.	17: No, Jeremy, they came from the Balkans, Turkey, ...	15:34	\|	David Teich	21/12/06

37.	Mosques in Airports	15:36	\|	Tex	21/12/06

38.	Pinnacle of hypocricy	15:42	\|	www.kibush.co.il	21/12/06

39.	The New Airport Mosque	15:45	\|	David Harris	21/12/06

40.	How interesting	15:47	\|	Isac	21/12/06

41.	A positive sign	15:55	\|	Alicia	21/12/06

42.	#22	15:56	\|	friendly dialog	21/12/06

43.	TO MUCH HONER TO THEM, I WOULD NOT GIVE THEM PERMITION TO PRAY	16:00	\|	your brother	21/12/06

44.	I AM SICK IN MY STOMACK JUST THINKING ABOUT IT	16:05	\|	For Real	21/12/06

45.	Mosque	16:15	\|	Anton Siniora	21/12/06

46.	Some progress	16:17	\|	Jews for peace	21/12/06

47.	Listen Israelies	16:18	\|	Justice Seeker	21/12/06

48.	Why not Budda temple or church or synagogue	16:23	\|	Sal	21/12/06

49.	Where did the Jewish state go?	16:28	\|	Shiloh	21/12/06

50.	Reply to Isac	16:38	\|	Amish	21/12/06

51.	# 28 - Nick Miller - a Christmas tree ?	16:45	\|	Paul Henzen	21/12/06

52.	Um democracy anyone?	16:51	\|	Michael	21/12/06

53.	#40 - Isaac	16:52	\|	Tafazzul Kamal	21/12/06

54.	# 30 Ramsi, and pigs will fly around it...	16:58	\|	Paul Henzen	21/12/06

55.	Time to realize a basic truth	17:07	\|	Bimmer	21/12/06

56.	Hannulah #3...only for Saudis?	17:11	\|	albert amato	21/12/06

57.	Mosque ???????!!!!!!!!!!!	17:16	\|	R.	21/12/06

58.	Paul Henzen	17:27	\|	Nik Miller	21/12/06

59.	To Yossi @1	17:35	\|	Mark B.	21/12/06

60.	`Kibush`, one question for you	17:37	\|	Jake	21/12/06

61.	We want Santa Claus at B.G.	17:40	\|	Jeroen	21/12/06

62.	BREAKING NEWS! RIYAD intl. AIRPORT opens the first SYNAGOUGE !!	17:59	\|	DAVID KOHEN	21/12/06

63.	to #50 and #53	18:05	\|	Isac	21/12/06

64.	Build a Christian Chapel, too	18:24	\|	Butch ben Yok	21/12/06

65.	PROOF WHY JEWS ARE BETTER??	18:24	\|	Amused	21/12/06

66.	Smart move	18:33	\|	Paul	21/12/06

67.	Amsterdam	18:37	\|	English	21/12/06

68.	IT IS AGAINST THE LAW, READ BOOK OF LEVI`S, STRANGERS IN OUR LAND	18:43	\|	Law and Order	21/12/06

69.	The mosque will crumble	18:44	\|	jp	21/12/06

70.	Think Iranian Jews have it bad?	18:51	\|	Bimmer	21/12/06

71.	APARTHEID STATE	18:52	\|	Allon	21/12/06

72.	to #65 What ignorant remarks. Stop writing and start reading.	18:58	\|	Bimmer	21/12/06

73.	Small Mosque same size as Airport Shul	18:58	\|	Piranha	21/12/06

74.	Surely muslims will pray for the destruction of BG airport and IL	19:12	\|	Aaron	21/12/06

75.	David Kopel - A tragic accident	19:13	\|	wibism	21/12/06

76.	#3 :Whose the squatter?	19:37	\|	Michael Greenberg	21/12/06

77.	to #15 JOE	19:39	\|	Isaac	21/12/06

78.	Whoever came up with this idea...	19:41	\|	Howard	21/12/06

79.	Now, tit for tat	19:49	\|	Nick	21/12/06

80.	Instead of covetting of 1 million pals,go for 1 billion Hindu by	20:26	\|	Absolute Sweden	21/12/06

81.	# 58 Nik Miller - chapel / tree / menorah	20:36	\|	Paul Henzen	21/12/06

82.	the percentage of muslims in israel	21:13	\|	Einstein	21/12/06

83.	Hannah	21:21	\|	Connie	21/12/06

84.	Having a Mosque is a very good idea.	21:30	\|	Mark	21/12/06

85.	Tactful Critique of all Religions	21:42	\|	BP DIP	21/12/06

86.	Jews for peace ? # 46	21:44	\|	charles	21/12/06

87.	...	21:48	\|	Jake	21/12/06

88.	To Nick #79	21:48	\|	Howard	21/12/06

89.	TO65 ISRAEL VS IRAN	21:50	\|	hello	21/12/06

90.	Chabad can kissmy Tachat	21:52	\|	Howard	21/12/06

91.	Misguided effort.	22:01	\|	H.H.M	21/12/06

92.	Mosque in Airport NO! NO! NO!	22:18	\|	Gates	21/12/06

93.	to paul Henzen # 81	22:37	\|	charles	21/12/06

94.	Mosques at Ben Gurion	23:42	\|	Pavl	21/12/06

95.	Jeff	23:43	\|	shame on you critics	21/12/06

96.	#1-Mosque at Ben Gurion??? - Of course if there`s a synagogue	23:47	\|	B`Galil	21/12/06

97.	To Ramsi, number 30	23:47	\|	ND	21/12/06

98.	Howard, Chabad creates more anti-Semites?	23:51	\|	Jake	21/12/06

99.	to #13 Aussie Michael	23:54	\|	B`Galil	21/12/06

100.	Most Muslims and Israelis do not deserve this abuse	23:58	\|	BP MUS	21/12/06

101.	#26 Mus from Canada	00:01	\|	B`Galil	22/12/06

102.	#49-Where did the Jewish state go? Not to Shiloh	00:05	\|	B`Galil	22/12/06

103.	a mosque inside a jewish building	00:43	\|	Tamir Gaza	22/12/06

104.	Priorities	01:10	\|	David Olesker	22/12/06

105.	NOT BAD AT ALL	01:47	\|	MAZEN	22/12/06

106.	No good spirit, only confrontation	03:02	\|	AW	22/12/06

107.	I assume Iran and Syria will build Synagogues at their airports	03:10	\|	BradL	22/12/06

108.	Now it`s a clear intendes	03:11	\|	AW	22/12/06

109.	ONLY FOR SECURITY REASONS!!!	03:12	\|	Mike	22/12/06

110.	#31 response to your reply	04:07	\|	Musa	22/12/06

111.	A Synagogue in an Arab Airport?	07:30	\|	RA	22/12/06

112.	Of Mosques, Ben Gurion and the treatment of Arab-Israelis	08:02	\|	Maggiem	22/12/06

113.	Small mosque	08:08	\|	keitner	22/12/06

114.	Respect for others	08:57	\|	Mike	22/12/06

115.	No Reciprocity - We`re Just Stupid.	09:04	\|	Terry	22/12/06

116.	A very good idea!	10:44	\|	Joe	22/12/06

117.	to Nadav	11:48	\|	nachman pilpel	22/12/06

118.	Thanks alot	12:04	\|	asad	22/12/06

119.	To no 6 Ron	12:06	\|	asad	22/12/06

120.	Great News!	05:22	\|	Timothy	23/12/06

121.	120: And Timmy`s still failing	09:41	\|	groucho42@yahoo.com	25/12/06

122.	advice for a muslim student	12:53	\|	Mohammed ali	17/05/07