Malacca Straits Mosque
mosque in Melaka Tengah, Malacca, Malaysia
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Overview
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The Malacca Straits Mosque (Malay: Masjid Selat Melaka) stands on the artificial Malacca Island in Malacca City, in the Malaysian state of Malacca. Its address is Jalan Baiduri 8. The building combines Middle Eastern and Malay craftsmanship, and when the water level is high it looks as if it is floating on the sea. Two intersecting archways lead to the main entrance, with stained glass filling the space between them. The compound also has a 30-metre minaret that doubles as a lighthouse. The mosque is reported to hold more than two thousand worshippers.
History
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Built at a cost of about 10 million Malaysian ringgit, the mosque was inaugurated on 24 November 2006 by the King of Malaysia, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin.
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The Malacca Straits Mosque (Malay: Masjid Selat Melaka) is a mosque located on the artificial Malacca Island in Malacca City, Malaysia. Constructed at a cost of about MYR10 million, it was inaugurated on 24 November 2006 by the King of Malaysia, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail. It was built using a mix of Middle Eastern and Malay craftsmanship and looks like a floating structure when the water level is high. The mosque has two intersecting archways that lead to the main entrance, and stained glass covers the space in between the arches. The compound has a 30-metre-tall (98 ft) minaret that is also used as a lighthouse.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacca_Straits_Mosque
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Selat_Melaka
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7