Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Queen Alia International Airport management group said on Friday that it intends to expand the prayer halls in the new airport terminal opened recently after a public fury of criticism hailed on the airport management for reportedly banning the "Azan" (call to prayer) and shrinking the space provided for travelers to pray compared to the old terminal.

Airport International Group (AIG), the consortium group managing the Amman airport, admitted on Friday that the space available for prayer is less than the space that was provided in the old terminal, stressing that it will work to provide facilities "to please everyone."

In response to reports that the Azan, the Muslim call to prayer, has been banned in the new terminal, AIG said that the call to prayer will be heard inside the prayer rooms starting on Friday "as it was in the old terminal."

A public fury erupted this past week after Members of Parliament exposed the airport's new terminal facilities regarding Muslim prayer, including shrinking the space provided for prayer from a hall that had the capacity of 200 persons in the old terminal, to a room that reportedly only fits 5 persons at a time.

An MP also blasted during a parliamentary session the airport management's banning of broadcasting the call to prayer via loud speakers, and criticized AIG for not providing toilet facilities "compatible with Arab and Muslim values of cleanliness."