Marawi Grand Mosque

The place

Mosque in Marawi, Lanao del Sur

Marawi's great mosque, damaged in the 2017 siege and rebuilt by 2021 to hold 20,000 worshippers.

• Mosque

  Traced to its sources since the guide was written.

• Safety in Lanao del Sur

  The security picture here is more variable than in Cotabato City or Tawi-Tawi, and it moves. Marawi itself is visited, but travel is best arranged through local contacts, the city tourism office, or MSU, and some outlying municipalities are best left off an itinerary without current local advice. This is the area where asking on the ground matters most, and where a plan made from a distance is least reliable.

About this place

What to do

• Visit outside prayer times, dressed modestly

  Cover arms and legs, bring a headscarf if you are a woman, take your shoes off before the prayer hall and avoid Friday midday prayer unless you are attending.

  From the guide

• See the rebuilt mosque

  Rebuilt by 2021, the mosque has 3 floors and a basement over 9,434 square metres, holds 20,000 worshippers, and also houses a madrasa and a library.

  en.wikipedia.org

Before you go

• A working mosque: dress covered, women bring a headscarf, and shoes come off before the prayer hall.
• Avoid Friday midday prayer unless you are attending.
• Ask before photographing people, and never photograph anyone praying.

Where you’ll be

Marawi, Lanao del Sur

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org