Multifaith spaces are spaces shared by several different faiths for prayer and worship found in public places such as airports, shopping centres, hospitals, prisons and universities. Sometimes each faith is confined its own room off a shared corridor or communal space, in extreme cases they share a single space. A typical example of this type might display sacred books and artifacts for Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Jews, Muslims, Christians and Pagans. The multifaith room at a shopping centre in England, pictured here, contains washing facilities for Muslims that can be hidden by a screen alongside a statue of Jesus that can be hidden by curtains. On the right a pair of carved wooden hands are fixed to the wall. Sometimes multifaith rooms cater for all religions except Islam which will have its own room nearby, as was the case at the Millennium Dome, London. Multifaith rooms are an extreme example of syncretism and have occasionally been the sites of disputes between people of different faiths who might otherwise never have met.
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