{"id":37913,"date":"2023-11-24T10:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T10:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=37913"},"modified":"2023-12-18T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T18:54:36","slug":"meet-me-by-the-multi-faith-smoking-shed-new-prayer-shelter-at-bristol-airport-receives-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2023\/11\/24\/meet-me-by-the-multi-faith-smoking-shed-new-prayer-shelter-at-bristol-airport-receives-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Meet me by the multi-faith smoking shed!&#8221; New prayer shelter at Bristol Airport receives criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Multi-Faith-Area-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bristol Airport multi-faith area, just off the silver zone roundabout.\" class=\"wp-image-37941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Multi-Faith-Area-copy-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Multi-Faith-Area-copy-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Multi-Faith-Area-copy-2-640x366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Multi-Faith-Area-copy-2-681x389.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bristol Airport multi-faith area (X\/Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24 hours since Bristol Airport announced a new multi-faith area near one of its car parks, criticism and mockery has come from all angles towards the new shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new multi-faith area was announced yesterday on X by Bristol Airport. According to the post the shelter is located &#8220;just off the Silver Zone roundabout&#8221; and has been designed to provide &#8220;customers with a private space to reflect and pray whilst waiting to collect friends, family or loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the announcement, Bristol Airport have been the figure of criticism and mockery across social media with users making a variety of comments about the new shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On X, formerly known as Twitter, some users have made the comparison between the new shelter and bus stops or smoking shelters, making light of the airports effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED-700x158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED-700x158.png 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED-768x174.png 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED-640x145.png 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED-681x154.png 681w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SMOKING-SHED.png 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1-700x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1-700x150.png 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1-768x165.png 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1-640x137.png 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1-681x146.png 681w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BUS-1.png 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other users have suggested a lack of thought on the part of Bristol Airport when designing the area &#8211; some considering the choice of architecture and others commenting on the shelters openness with the coldest months of the year coming up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now I&#39;ve always believed that faith isn&#39;t about grandeur or fancy buildings.<br><br>However Bristol Airport should perhaps make SOME kinda effort, as opposed to just sticking a sign on a smoking shelter&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RB8QkqwewN\">pic.twitter.com\/RB8QkqwewN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The All New Dom Show (@TheNewDomShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNewDomShow\/status\/1727972977939996881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That looks the most inhospitable place i&#39;ve ever seen for private reflection! Come all ye people of faith &amp; freeze to death in the face of the Lord. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolAirport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BristolAirport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSY8vSvd0M\">pic.twitter.com\/vSY8vSvd0M<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Scotland&#39;s No1 Comrade Now Politically homeless (@no1_scotland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/no1_scotland\/status\/1727964155129274640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One user commented on high parking prices at the airport, joking that the area will provide opportunity to calm down after paying for parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1-700x132.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1-700x132.png 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1-768x145.png 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1-640x121.png 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1-681x128.png 681w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/parking-1.png 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just wait until you see the inside.\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BxMe88fRc4\">pic.twitter.com\/BxMe88fRc4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Field Marshall Voetsek (@safercapetown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/safercapetown\/status\/1727720500393050400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following criticism across the platform, Bristol Airport posted on X saying &#8220;the new multi-faith area was created after we consulted widely, listened to feedback and to provide shelter and dignity prior to the winter&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airport have also made clear that there is an existing multi-faith area within the airport available to travellers, &#8220;situated between the Central Walkway and Gates 32-34&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 hours since Bristol Airport announced a new multi-faith area near one of its car parks, criticism and mockery has come from all angles towards the new shelter. The new multi-faith area was announced yesterday on X by Bristol Airport. 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