Managers have installed nearly a thousand prayer or “quiet” rooms in federal buildings, new documents show. It follows a campaign by former Toronto Star columnist and cabinet advisor Amira Elghawaby to promote Muslim prayer rooms in government offices though only two percent of employees self-identified as Muslim: ‘Islamophobia can manifest when Muslim employees face challenges in accessing reasonable accommodations for religious practices such as prayer breaks.’
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