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Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “main mosque in the sultanate of oman”. Today it says “friday mosque located in muscat”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Mosque in the Sultanate of Oman”. It now reads “Mosque in Muscat, Oman”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Sultanate of Oman For other uses, see Sultan Qaboos Mosque . The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque ( Arabic : جَامِع ٱلسُّلْطَان قَابُوْس ٱلْأَكْبَر ‎ , romanized : Jāmiʿ As-Sulṭān Qābūs Al-Akbar ) is the largest mosque in Oman , located in the capital city of Muscat . Official site from the Ministry of Tourism "PM Narendra Modi visits Oman's Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque - Know its India connection" .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “main mosque in the sultanate of oman”. Today it says “friday mosque located in muscat”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Mosque in the Sultanate of Oman”. It now reads “Mosque in Muscat, Oman”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

main mosque in the sultanate of oman

Now

friday mosque located in muscat

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