It was the first time we were not allowed inside a mosque. After a long journey, we ate and wanted to pray at the mosque right next to us. However, I was not allowed in because I wasn’t wearing socks, and my daughter was not allowed in because she wasn’t wearing a skirt. We tried to make ablution, but I guess we couldn’t explain ourselves there either.
Even though the mosque looked very beautiful as a building, I cannot call a place a mosque if I cannot pray inside it. Since we already had our prayer mats, we could pray anywhere outside, but it was truly a very bitter memory. For my daughter and me, it did not remain as a mosque, but perhaps only as a...
Read moreThis is really a beautiful mosque with an unusual architecture. It is the largest mosque in Croatia. Also it was the only mosque in Zagreb by the time of our visit. There are praying spaces, ablution areas and toilets for men and women. It's cool that the toilets are lightened with sunlight during the day! Everything is really clean and accessible. It's a complex with an educational centre, cultural centre and halal certification centre. In front of the mosque is a nice park. It can be reached from the Zagreb centre in 15-20 min with the tram (No.6) and then 5 min on foot. A halal restaurant is also within this complex....
Read moreBeautiful place to visit while you are traveling through Zagreb. It has all necessary services that every mosque must have. There are beautiful gardens and plateaus in front of the mosque from two sides, there is free parking, and a great restaurant (first floor), coffee and tea divanhana (earth floor), and of course magnificent and huge prayer space for man and woman, with abolition rooms and toilets both for man (which is in the earth floor) and women (which is on the first floor near the main entrance of the main prayer space). It could be better maintained...
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