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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 ]
Istiqlal Mosque: 200,000 [citation needed] 93,200 [13] Jakarta Indonesia: 1978 Sunni: Taj-ul-Masajid: 175,000 [citation needed] 23,000 [14] Bhopal India: 1901 Sunni: Jamkaran Mosque: 150,000 [citation needed] 370,000 Qom Iran: 984: Shia: Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center (Masjid Misr Al Kabeer) 130,000 [citation needed] 250,000 New Administrative ...
The Indonesian term Masjid Agung is translated as "Great Mosque", while Masjid Raya is translated as "Grand Mosque." Masjid Keramat is translated as "Holy Mosque." Masjid Jami is translated as Jami Mosque which refers to the congregational mosque where the weekly Friday prayer takes place. These lists only include notable mosques.
The 28.3-metre "Tunnel of Friendship", connecting the iconic Istiqlal mosque to the Our Lady of the Assumption cathedral, was built by the government in 2020 as a symbol of religious harmony, a ...
Istiqlal Mosque may refer to: Istiqlal Mosque, Sarajevo in Otoka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta in Jakarta, Indonesia
The mosque was completed in 1958 and officially inaugurated as Masjid Agung Kebayoran or Kebayoran Great Mosque. [4] 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 ...
Friedrich Silaban (16 December 1912 – 14 May 1984) was an Indonesian architect.His most well-known designs, such as the Istiqlal Mosque and the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, in particular the Main Stadium in Jakarta, were commissioned during the presidency of Sukarno.
This multi-tiered pavilion in Bali is similar in form with some of the earliest mosques in Indonesia.While many of the earliest Islamic structures in Java and almost all of them in Sumatra did not survive, [1] primarily due to the effects of climate on decayable building materials, the permanent structure was not considered a priority for Muslim prayer, as any clean and open space could ...