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We have seen many mosques around the world and if you don’t get a chance to visit don’t be disappointed. We paid a small fee to enter then we were led into a gift shop where the ladies had to pick either a brown or black full length and hooded abaya. Bearing in mind this mosque is an important one the decor was bland with many lights out on the vast light fitting. Of course it was of interest to us otherwise we would not entered. On leaving the mosque and depositing the abaya we were collared in their shop.....we did not buy anything.…
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Date of experience: February 2020
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A new-ish Mosque with a shop attached. If you have time go take a look but you won't be missing out on anything spectacular if you dont have time to get there
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Date of experience: February 2020
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I wear splints on my ankles to keep from tripping, which makes it very difficult to remove my shoes. But they won’t allow stocking coverups over your shoes for those with such issues. They made me remove the splints and shoes and go with stocking feet. They did bring a chair over which was appreciated. I can get by walking without support for a little while, which made it ok except my socks became wet from water in the carpet. Wearing wet socks with splints is very uncomfortable. No attempt was made to bring that to a visitor’s attention or cordon off the area though they knew of the problem. Inside was ok, but I guess I expected more. It’s just a giant round room with some lights overhead. For a mosque that allows non-Muslims to enter, there was no accommodation to explain what we were seeing. There’s no learning here, just a view of the blue mosque architecture, which was awesome. The museum, after seeing some great ones in Amman, was small and of little benefit. While nice, it could have been so much more.…
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Date of experience: February 2020
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Beautiful mosque from inside and outside. Non muslims can go in, and women too. Which’s an uncommon thing when it comes to mosques. If you happen to have some time, it nice to go and see it.
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Date of experience: February 2020
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King Abdullah mosque was built in 1989 by late King Hussein in honor of his father. The only mosque that welcomes non-Muslims. The mosque is huge and can hold 7000 men inside and 3000 in the courtyard. It has a capped dome painted in various blues and is one of Amman’s modern landmarks. They have a really nice gift shop on the right side of the mosque but don’t forget to bargain with them. …
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Date of experience: February 2020
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