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Istiqlal Mosque (Indonesian: Masjid Istiqlal, lit. 'Independence Mosque'; Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْإِسْتِقْلَال, romanized: Masjid al-Istiqlāl, lit. 'Mosque of the Independence') in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia and the ninth largest mosque in the world in terms of worshipper capacity. [3]
At the time of its completion it was the largest mosque in Jakarta. The Great Mosque became the Al-Azhar Great Mosque following the suggestion of the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mahmud Shaltut, who made an official visit to the Jakarta in 1960. [5] Shaltut also recognized Hamka as the Imam Besar ("Chief Imam") of the Al-Azhar Great Mosque.
Angke Mosque: West Jakarta (1761 [13] Al-Mukarromah Jami Mosque: North Jakarta 1879 Contains tombs of venerated ulama from Batavia. [14] Cut Meutia Mosque: Central Jakarta: 1922 [15] Al-Makmur Mosque: Cikini, Menteng, Central Jakarta 1932 [16] Al-Azhar Great Mosque
When Pope Francis visits Indonesia next week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature - a tunnel connecting it to the city's Catholic cathedral, as part of a push for ...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis joined the grand imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque in pledging to work together to fight religiously inspired violence and protect the environment on Thursday, issuing a joint call for interfaith friendship and common cause at the heart of Francis’ visit to Indonesia.
Pope Francis will preside over an interfaith meeting in a mosque in the world’s largest predominantly Muslim country during a four-nation Asian visit in September that will be the longest and ...
Badshahi Mosque: Night View of Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) 100,000 [17] Lahore Pakistan: 1673: Sunni: Bahria Grand Mosque: Side view of Grand Jamia Masjid Bahria Town Lahore: 70,000 [18] Lahore Pakistan: 2014: Sunni: Çamlıca Mosque: 63,000 [19] Istanbul Turkey: 2019 Sunni: Al Jabbar Grand Mosque: 60,000 [20] 25,997 Bandung Indonesia ...