Is there a place on the Harvard campus designated for Muslim prayer?

Yes.  A list of campus prayer spaces is available here:  https://scholar.harvard.edu/khalilabdur-rashid/community  Among those spaces are:

Harvard-affiliated members of the Muslim community are invited to the basement of Canaday E where a prayer room (Musalla) is open for all five daily prayers; there are designated spaces for Friday Ju’maa congregation as well.  For access details please see Facebook page for Harvard Islamic Society:  https://www.facebook.com/harvardislamicsociety/].

There is an Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Space, co-organized by the Muslim Law Students Association, located on the 2nd floor of Wasserstein Hall, inside the Student Organization Workroom.  

See the web site of Khalil Abdur-Rashid, the Muslim Chaplain for Harvard University, for information about other spaces and activities:  https://scholar.harvard.edu/khalilabdur-rashid

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