Grand Mosque

It’s not every day that you find yourself in the country of Oman. That reality set in even more today as we visited the world’s second biggest mosque. Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, has a hand woven carpet that took six years to make. The mosque is big enough to hold 6500 people in the main room, and 8000 outside. It was an incredible experience to witness the amount of care it took and still takes to create and maintain such a beautiful place. As a part of touring the mosque, we had the privileged opportunity to sit down with a Muslim scholar. During our time together we learned about the main points of the religion of Islam and gained a better understanding of Islam’s place in Omani Culture. Overall it was a great day full of good culture and friendship.

Keith and Josh