Target store in Minnesota converts fitting rooms into Muslim prayer spaces
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A Target store in Minnesota has transformed six of its fitting rooms into what appear to be prayer spaces for Muslims.
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A concerned customer shared photos from the store in Apple Valley, a suburb of the Twin Cities, with Alpha News .
Signs on each of the doors, as well as one near the entrance to the cordoned-off area, read: “Ramadan Mubarak,” an Arabic greeting used during the Muslim holy month that translates to “Happy Ramadan” or “Blessed Ramadan.”
The sign also noted that “This room is being used for prayer. Please do not enter.”
Photo shows fitting rooms at Apple Valley Target blocked off for prayer space marked with Ramadan sign
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One fitting room door displayed a sign reading: "RAMADAN MUBARAK" and "This room is being used for prayer. Please do not enter." pic.twitter.com/G9hhMyZEk4
Other Minnesota stores have also shown similar efforts toward inclusivity
The Apple Valley store isn’t the first Target location in the state to create prayer rooms for employees during the fasting month.
Target employees commented on a 2023 Reddit post in the Target community titled “HR set up a prayer room for Muslim TMs (team members),” which also featured a snap of the space.
“We had a lot of those in Minnesota stores. It was very thoughtful and considerate and truly inclusive,” one person commented.
Another added: “Minnesota here, we have a prayer room too! Our HR recently decorated it, I don’t know how many team members we have who actually take advantage of it but it’s really nice!,” another staffer wrote, noting, “We’re a very white store.”
A second Minnesota employee added: “We love our Somali neighbors here.”
One person noted: “It’d be nice if they did something like this for Christians,” but the original poster pointed out that “the room isn’t strictly for Muslims.”
They added: “Anyone who’s religious can use it as they please,” before pointing out that “Christianity is one of the most widely known and practiced religions, whereas Muslims and Jews have been oppressed and discriminated against for years, even decades.”
It is unclear when the photos were taken, as Ramadan took place from the evening of Feb. 17 to March 19.
Eid al-Adha, meanwhile, began on the evening of May 27 and ended on May 30.
The Toronto Sun reached out to Target but did not receive a response before publication.