Hello everyone, This past weekend some friends and I went to the only mosque that I know of that allows visitors. Our adventure began when the women of the group had to dress in the traditional muslin dress, basically covered from head to toe except our faces. Once suited up, we had to remove our shoes before entering. There were doors next to the visitors center that had a sign saying "Shoe Store". I guess shoes are often stolen ...not sure why it said that but again as I've noticed signs here are badly translated to english so it could actually mean "shoe shining station" for all I know! We were all struck by the beauty of the interior of the mosque. It has 80 domes, over 1,000 colums, 24 carat gold-plated chandeliers and the world's
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