{"id":31846,"date":"2020-10-12T14:49:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T10:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=31846"},"modified":"2020-10-12T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T10:49:33","slug":"dubai-international-financial-centre-grand-mosque-welcomes-worshippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/dubai-international-financial-centre-grand-mosque-welcomes-worshippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai International Financial Centre Grand Mosque Welcomes Worshippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gate Avenue at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced the opening of the Grand Mosque. The striking mosque now completes the sequence of buildings on Gate Avenue\u2019s promenade.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by leading architectural firm RMJM, DIFC\u2019s vision was to create a modern facility for up to 500 worshippers. The design incorporates tradition by reinterpreting the essence of a traditional mosque design with a contemporary style.<\/p>\n<p>The mosque has been created in simple form and is enveloped by a screen with graduated perforations, allowing light to bathe the interior space, which is revealed when approaching from the outside. The design was inspired by Islamic Architecture and refers to it by reinterpreting the essence of a traditional mosque design but in a contemporary context, utilising Islamic architectural elements such as Mashrabiya. The Mosque includes a dedicated ladies\u2019 prayer area and can also accommodate the \u2018Jummah\u2019 prayer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31847\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1-1024x836.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1-732x598.jpg 732w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1-1140x931.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DIFC_M_3-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gate Avenue at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced the opening of the Grand Mosque. The striking mosque now completes the sequence of buildings on Gate Avenue\u2019s promenade. Designed by leading architectural firm RMJM, DIFC\u2019s vision was to create a modern facility for up to 500 worshippers. The design incorporates tradition by reinterpreting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31849,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31846\/revisions\/31849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}