Jordan - Muslim Mosque

We got to go inside one of the most famous Muslim Mosques in Jordan. They required that we dress modestly in order to enter. Modest for them means long black robes (black is considered the most modest color) and your hair should never show. They provided us with these coverings and we were allowed to enter their place of worship.

Islam strictly forbids any depictions of persons in their mosques so they decorate with beautiful motifs and words from the Koran.



I have tried while I have been here to be open to the religions of those around me and to learn from them. I have learned that Islam literally means “submission to God’s will” Everything that they do is for one purpose: do the will of God. For one month a year the Muslim people have a daily fast called Ramadan in which from sunrise to sunset they abstain from food and water. They do this daily for a month. As I fasted and struggled in the heat with our various activities, I appreciated, even more, their example as a people who are dedicated and who recognize their dependence on God in all things. Their building, the Dome of the Rock, is built over the location where it is believed that Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son Isaac (they actually believe it was Ismael, not Isaac) but all the same, these people are a great example to me of what true devotion, humility and submission is.