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Sultan Qaboos Mosque, Muscat

Should I or shouldn't I? I admit I contemplated on visiting Sultan Qaboos Mosque, or any mosque on any travels to Arab countries. That's because I do not share the faith being practiced there. I even researched prior to arriving in Oman if it was alright and found this  article . You should know it was my first time to enter a mosque, and as always, what I wanted to post here is what happened to me there and more. The taxi driver who will bring me to the mosque from the hotel looked at me, talked to a fellow driver, and courteously asked me to wear an abaya (a full-length robe-like dress) and a tarha (head covering). So I went back to my room, got the dress code essentials he wanted, and hurried back to the taxi outside the hotel. When we arrived at the mosque, he promised that he will wait for me until I finish. "Uh, until I finish? About how many minutes do you mean by that?" "Just take your time, for sure, it will take a while for you to finish ta