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Al Wasil, P.O. Box 889, 100, Oman
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Enlightened water fountain, Muscat
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23° 36' 59.4600" N 58° 33' 32.1500" E
23° 37' 4.3800" N 58° 33' 45.5700" E
Hi, maybe you can ex)plain why it is that women pray less ? I have often wondered about this. Thanks
Hi there
I may be wrong as I'm not Muslim, but I think many women choose to pray at home, maybe due to family responsibilities.
i don't pray at all
i am a non - beliver
maybe more women see what is really behind the scenes of religion
in my eyes someone invented the idea of "GOD" in whatever version as a means to keep the hoipolloi in check and they were just too uneducated to understand
not the case these days
guess religion just isn't my thing
Actually i was referring to someone's description of a mosque. The women's hall was smaller and less decorative. So really I meant Muslim women.
Since Muslim women are not allowed in mosques and you only see the men praying (or going to pray) you assume they pray more than women. I'm not sure that's necessarily the case though.
Hi there
I've been in quite a few mosques as part of tours in Kuwait, Oman, Syria, etc., and women do attend the mosque, but have a separate praying room to the men.
Was just looking on the web and it said in Saudi that the men and women pray together in the mosque and in some places the women are slightly separate in another section of the same prayer hall.
Glad to hear there is some intergration in other countries. As far as I know, in India, women are still not allowed in mosques.
They don't!
How did u hear about?
cheers
Abdullah
Actually women are encouraged to pray at their homes, only men mostly pray at Mosques. Though there is no restriction on women to pray in mosques but religiously its reccomended for them to pray at their homes and thats what they do.
They have to pray as much as males do. Its not like men pray more, they just do it outside in mosques and women do inside their homes.
Although situated in the Middle East, the climate in Oman is suitable for growing some nice plants with colourful flowers. Because of the good water distribution, you can see lots of greenery and some man made lakes in Muscat, especially in the parks.
You are allowed to visit the mosque free of charge as long as you are modestly dressed with long sleeves and trousers.
Women can wear: skirts as long as they are kneelength or greater, tops with high necklines, and hair must be covered.
If you go to the Shatti Qurum beach, near Jawharat Al Shatti (near intercontinental hotel) you can rent a jet ski for around RO 10 per hour, you can always bargain the price down.
Rentals are also available from most hotels, including hyatt & intercon. Swimwear, beach shoes, sunglasses
Palm/Date trees products are popular in Muscat- You'll find extremely cute household and decoration items for reasonably cheap prices in Mutrah Souq -Matt
-Gift Bag
- Water bottle holder
- tissue cover
- fan
-sandals Less than $10
A good hangout, offering a rich menu of various middle eastern mezzas and dishes
they also offer shisha/narghile' (water pipe) for those who are interested.
They play live European soccer, and in fact it is one of the hot spots in town to watch Italian Serie A, Premier League and La Liga games. Tried many things, but I recommend their mezza's especially the cheese rolls.
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