The Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque is in the city of Abu Dhabi. It is roughly 15 minutes from the Abu Dhabi airport (AUH). For reference, it is 1.25 hours from Dubai International Airport.

Trump arrived at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque as his first stop after landing in Abu Dhabi. ... but he did visit the Abu Dhabi mosque during a trip as vice president in March 2016.

Yousif al-Obaidli, the director general of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, accompanies President Trump on a tour of the mosque in Abu Dhabi on May 15, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption ...

Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre welcomed 6,582,993 worshippers and visitors in the past year, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023. This included 2,259,275 worshippers and ...

ABU DHABI: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Abu Dhabi received 4,379,258 worshippers and visitors in the first half of this year, a 31 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump visited a mosque on Thursday — his first publicly known visit to a Muslim house of worship during his time in office.