Dutch queen tours Abu Dhabi mosque
January 9th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANSAbu Dhabi, Jan 8 (IANS/WAM) Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque here Sunday.She was accompanied by Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Maxima and other senior officials.
Queen Beatrix visited the library of the Zayed Grand Mosque and the tomb of late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. She expressed her admiration of the mosque as a huge Islamic landmark.
She was received by Yusuf Al Obaidli, director of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre and other officials.
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