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Just the odd prayer room will do?
Myself, i don't think so.
Preparing halal food, prayer rooms, staff with knowledge of their particular cultural sensitivities and a critical mass of other residents with a similar culture and faith in order that they feel comfortable, not just 'a minority that must be catered too' and then you're going some way towards proper facilities...
Hey, doesn't this sound like what they're planning?
Like you say, not many people of other faiths want to be in this RC home you're talking about - and the cultural and religious differences between different creeds of christianity (which i assume are the majority of inter-faith residents there's be there) aren't that great.
The differences between branches of christianity are nothing in comparison to the differences between christianity and islam to begin with, blend in all the other elements of language (media, entertainments, announcements, etc), food, history, culture, etc...
See where I'm going?
Why should they constantly be a minority which has to be catered for within a nice, white, anglo saxon establishment?
They've worked their whole lives, mostly at nice white people's command and all they want is to be comfortable in their waining years, but thats too much to ask apparently.
Maybe certain elements will be incensed by it, but I doubt any more white sheets will be mutilated than would have been already.
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