Muslims to get floor sinks at airport by fall
New, sanitary facilities for ritual foot-washing will serve taxi drivers

by Erin Dostal
The Indianapolis Star
April 4, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/409/muslims-to-get-floor-sinks-at-airport-by-fall

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Floor sinks to accommodate prayer requirements for Muslim taxi drivers will be installed at Indianapolis International Airport by fall.

David Dawson, a spokesman for the airport project, said this week that two bathrooms, one for men and one for women, will have the sinks. Both will be in a 900-

square-foot building where taxi drivers gather before picking up passengers at the terminal.

Many of the taxi drivers are Muslims who pray five times a day. The prayer involves many rituals, including washing the feet.

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