On February 3, 2022, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Bausher, Muscat, as part of their current official visit to the Sultanate of Oman. The King and Queen were briefed by Habib Mohammed al Riyami, Head of the Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science on the history of the building the mosque, the designs of diverse Omani and Islamic architecture patterns at the mosque.