White domes
Over the courtyard.
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Qatar's national mosque, also called the State Mosque, in the Lejbailat district of Doha, built in traditional Arab style with modern touches and named after the scholar Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. It covers more than 175,000 square metres; the air-conditioned main prayer hall holds about 11,000 worshippers and the women's hall 1,200, and the mosque as a whole can take some 30,000. Twenty-eight large domes crown the main hall and 65 more the outer courtyard. It has three main entrances and 17 side doors, a tall stone minaret, carved wooden doors and marble floors inlaid with geometric patterns. Visitors are welcome outside prayer times, in modest dress, with women covering their hair and shoes left at the door. The courtyard looks out over the Doha skyline.
Over the courtyard.
And chandeliers.
In wood.
Lejbailat, Doha
Yes, outside prayer times, in modest dress; women cover their hair and everyone removes their shoes.
