I went to the Jamia Mosque today, managed to get into the main prayer hall and take some photographs and sketches. It was interesting to find out that contemporary mosques dont have patterns and bright colours on their interior walls as this is now considered a distraction during prayer time. In comparison, older mosques like the Blue mosque, in istanbul, are covered with brightly coloured patterns and mosaics. The walls in Jamia Mosque were just white and the hall itself was quite bare compared to older mosques. It had several books in Arabic including the Qu'ran. All the books were different colours and I found this very interesting to photograph, especially seeing everything written in Arabic....