We were able to take a tour of the Grand Mosque here in Bahrain. It was neat that they had opened it up to tours for expats like ourselves. They let the women in our group borrow abayas (the black cloak / overdresses) and headscarfs for our tour and we had to remove our shoes. The architecture was amazing! We learned on our tour the only requirements for mosques is that they provide a tidy and clean place to pray and that they face Mecca. We saw this while trying to find the church- we drove past a very humble looking mosque in a poor neighborhood.
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