So on the morning of our departure, we got up early to head over to the Grand Mosque, which is only opened a limited time to non Muslim guests. All women must be completely covered and everyone must be respectful.
There were tarps that we were to stay on, but I wanted to know if the carpet was extra soft or special so I risked loosing a toe to touch the floor in the Woman’s Worship room ( which had flat panel TV’s to show the Imam’s sermon)…ooo( nothing special here, just standard carpet – except for the grid on the floor to identify the prayer lines) Interesting – I thought…
Then we got to the prayer room for the men – It was awe inspiring – no lines for aligning the men – ornate oriental carpets, ceilings that seemed to go on forever, with elaborate mosaics and lumber – and a chandelier the likes of which I have NEVER seen before. Heaven help them, when they need to change one of the thousands of light bulbs.
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