following us president barack obama and his wife's visit to the istiqal mosque in november 2010, about 20 visitors per day have come to tour the mosque. among foreign dignitaries who have visited istiqlal mosque are former us president bill clinton; president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad; former libyan leader muammar gaddafi; prince charles of united kingdom; li yuanchao, vice president of the communist party of china; president of chile sebastián piñera; heinz fischer, the president of austria; jens stoltenberg, the prime minister of norway, and german chancellor angela merkel in 2012. king salman of saudi arabia visited the mosque during his indonesia tour in march 2017.