Trip #3

The visit to the mosque today was very interesting. It was nothing like I thought it would be. In my mind, the mosque would be an elaborate building with a big worship space that had a lot of detail. The mosque was completely different from what I imagined. From the outside, the building looked big however, the inside was much smaller. There was the room that we met in and they had a gym, which I found kind of odd, some classrooms, and a worship area. The whole building was very simplistic.
The worship area very much surprised me because like I said earlier, I imagined it to be a large room that was very detailed. On the contrast, the worship room was right as you walked in the door and it was very plain and very small. The walls were white, there was carpet, and in the most northeast corner, I believe, was the “altar.” It was in that specific corner because that is the corner that points the most towards Mecca.
Another thing that really interested me was all of the art that was hanging on the walls. Most of the art had some picture in it, but there were also writings within the picture. There was one picture in particular, it was of someone kneeling and praying. The outline of the person was made out of brass, but what was really cool was that the outline of the person was made from words. The part of the face and the hands, I think, said the Muslim’s “Lord’s Prayer.” The rest of the outline of the person told some other story or saying that dealt with the praying.