By the way mosques in general are open to anyone, this mosque however is closed to non muslims not for religious reasons but for the fact that it is a great historical site and the inflow of tourists would make praying hard for the believers.
@@ameurzaheg5647 No active mosques allow non-Muslims to enter. That’s my understanding and what I was told by those Moroccans I spoke with. And with respect, tour groups could easily visit between prayer times, so I’m not sure the reason you give would be the reason it’s closed. I’ve visited Mosques all over the world, and I’ve always just left at prayer time.
@@PiecesOfPatrick If you go to a random mosque in the street anybody can enter without any problems however great historical sites like the Al Qarawiyin mosque in Fez and the Zitouna mosque in Tunisia that are still actively used as mosques do not allow tourists in because it would impede on the believers ability to pray, also as you may know before entering mosques, muslims do their ablutions and clean themselves, and as we pray on carpets, it is customary to clean your feet very thoroughly to not leave any odors since people are going to put their heads on the carpet (aside of the carpets being cleaned frequently of course). But even as a tourist if you individually ask to enter the Koutoubia Mosque or the Al Qarawiyin or any other restricted mosque in the world to ask questions about islam to the imam you will be allowed to enter with no issues after cleaning your feet ;). By the way some mosques like the Zitouna mosque in Tunis go another route, non-Muslims are not allowed to enter during prayer times but are allowed to enter 30 minutes after the end of prayer.
@@PiecesOfPatrickFirstly idk why you deleted my response to you from an hour ago? Secondly as you just said you've visited mosques all over the world and that's what I'm saying, non-muslims can enter most mosques in the world, but of the ones that have restricted access, you cannot go in for tourism purposes, but you can go in for religious reasons, for instance if a non muslim is interested in islam and wants to ask the imam some questions, he can enter any mosque in the world whether it is the Koutoubia Mosque or anywhere else!
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By the way mosques in general are open to anyone, this mosque however is closed to non muslims not for religious reasons but for the fact that it is a great historical site and the inflow of tourists would make praying hard for the believers.
@@ameurzaheg5647 No active mosques allow non-Muslims to enter. That’s my understanding and what I was told by those Moroccans I spoke with. And with respect, tour groups could easily visit between prayer times, so I’m not sure the reason you give would be the reason it’s closed. I’ve visited Mosques all over the world, and I’ve always just left at prayer time.
@@PiecesOfPatrick If you go to a random mosque in the street anybody can enter without any problems however great historical sites like the Al Qarawiyin mosque in Fez and the Zitouna mosque in Tunisia that are still actively used as mosques do not allow tourists in because it would impede on the believers ability to pray, also as you may know before entering mosques, muslims do their ablutions and clean themselves, and as we pray on carpets, it is customary to clean your feet very thoroughly to not leave any odors since people are going to put their heads on the carpet (aside of the carpets being cleaned frequently of course). But even as a tourist if you individually ask to enter the Koutoubia Mosque or the Al Qarawiyin or any other restricted mosque in the world to ask questions about islam to the imam you will be allowed to enter with no issues after cleaning your feet ;).
By the way some mosques like the Zitouna mosque in Tunis go another route, non-Muslims are not allowed to enter during prayer times but are allowed to enter 30 minutes after the end of prayer.
@@PiecesOfPatrickFirstly idk why you deleted my response to you from an hour ago? Secondly as you just said you've visited mosques all over the world and that's what I'm saying, non-muslims can enter most mosques in the world, but of the ones that have restricted access, you cannot go in for tourism purposes, but you can go in for religious reasons, for instance if a non muslim is interested in islam and wants to ask the imam some questions, he can enter any mosque in the world whether it is the Koutoubia Mosque or anywhere else!
@ I haven’t removed any responses on here. I wasn’t even aware that I could.
@@PiecesOfPatrick Oh alright I apologize it seems there was a lag.