If you are a member of staff working on campus and are unable to attend the Prayer Room when it is open, you may want to discuss with your line manager whether it is feasible to allow time for you to visit other local faith centres. In these toilets, free sanitary products will be offered, as part of a De Montfort Students Union (DSU) campaign to address period poverty across De Montfort University (DMU) campus, to improve female wellbeing across the university. It has facilities for ablution (Room 00.20) and toilets (Room 00.19). The Sisters’ Prayer Room (Room 00.27) is next door where prayers can be joined with the Imam. The full room has an induction loop to assist hearing and is wheelchair accessible. It has ablution facilities (Room 00.31b) and nearby toilets (Room 00.18). The Brothers' Prayer Room (Room 00.31) has been extended with the new area having an induction loop to assist hearing, and is wheelchair accessible. Our full address is:įind out more about getting to DMU Brothers' Prayer Room The Prayer Room entrance is found at the rear entrance of Portland Building on Newarke Close, through the car park. The Muslim Prayer Rooms are based on the Lower Ground Floor of the Portland Building. Several mosques in the city will congregate during this revered period and here is a roundup of some of Leicester's local mosques for you to visit, and their prayer times.The DMU Prayer Rooms are open for use for students and staff on Monday to Friday from 8am until 9pm, during term time when DMU is open. READ MORE: Work rules on Ramadan and if you can ask employers to change hoursĭuring this time, Muslims will have their Suhoor (a pre-fasting breakfast) before sunrise, and then Iftar (a post-fasting dinner) after sunset.
The other pillars include Shahada (a declaration of Faith), Salah (prayers), Zakat (charity) and Hajj (pilgrimage). Ramadan is also determined by the Islamic lunar calendar, which begins with the sighting of the crescent moon.įasting is one of the five pillars of Islam and involves the complete abstention of food and drink. Ramadan falls on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is the time in which the Quran, Islam's holy book, was revealed to the prophet Muhammed.
Leicester’s Muslim community will also spend the month paying regular visits to the mosque to pray, and giving to charity over the next four weeks. The holy month of Ramadan officially begins today and Muslims across the globe will be dedicating themselves to fasting between sunset and sunrise.
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