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Today, mosque is not only for religious place for moslem to pray but it can be used for tourism object. We can see this in Abu Dhabi. A mosque, named Syekh Zayed mosque, which is located Uni Arab Emirat (UAE) is a good sample. As a third biggest mosque, after Masjidil Haram in Mecca and Nabawi mosque in Madina, Syekh Zayed mosque was built in order to give honour for Sheikh Zayed, a father founder of Uni Emirat. The cost for build this mosque was about US$ 545 million and can accomodate about 40,000 person.

The Wikipedia describes: Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6% (2006) of Dubai’s US$ 37 billion economy (2005). A majority of the emirate’s revenues are from the Jebel Ali free zone authority (JAFZA) and, increasingly, from tourism and other service-oriented businesses. Dubai ...