มัสยิดหลวงโกชาอิศหาก — Attraction in Samphanthawong Subdistrict

Hmmm. I received a rude reception at this mosque. I was interrogated about whether I am really Muslim as though anyone can pin down the definition and was made to answer what the reply to 'As Salam wa alaikum' is as a test! What if I wanted to convert, was thinking about it etc.? This no way to treat visitors. I am quite sure the only reason I was treated like this is my lack of a certain style of head covering. There is in fact a sign saying all can enter as long as you are respectful including in your attire which I was so I don't know why this happened. I was finally allowed in (I believe my somewhat pronounced Arab accent took them by surprise) but this treatment shook me up and I couldn't explore or stay in the mosque in quiet contemplation as I had intended. I took 1 or 2 pictures...

Thanks for your kindly visit and comments. You are more than welcome to revisit and to pray at the mosque.

The mosque is a private entity which established over 150 years ago by my ancestor Luang Kocha Itshak, the title name conferred by the King Rama IV. Since then we have totally run and managed the mosque by our family with our private fund, without asking for external donation or any source of fund. We have been occasionally offered for fund by several organizations, but we always kindly refuse that generosities. For the entrance, actually at the beginning there was no entrance from the street. We, I mean my ancestor, had managed to buy a row house at the front and made a driveway as you may...

Luang Kocha Itsahak Mosque is a very beautiful Victorian style aristocratic house changed and modified to be a mosque. The house itself is worth of to see for those interested in architecture and, of course, for a muslim the Mosque itself, too. I was in Luang Kocha Itsahak Mosque during the Dhuhr prayer time and was surprised because visitors were more normally in Thailand in...