Kowloon Mosque
The Kowloon Mosque (German Kowloon Mosque), also known as the Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Center or Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Center (Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Center), is the second oldest and also the largest mosque in Hong Kong . It is located on the southeast corner of Kowloon Park at the intersection of Nathan Road and Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui , Kowloon . The interior can accommodate up to two thousand people.
history
Since the late 19th century, soldiers from the British Indian garrison were stationed in Hong Kong , including soldiers from the Muslim areas in the north (from today's Pakistan ). In addition to the barracks, the so-called Whitfield Barracks , which were gradually built from 1890 onwards , a mosque was also to be built for the Muslim soldiers of the British-Indian garrison. The site was made available for this purpose at the instigation of Colonel Edmund George Barrow ; the money for the construction came from donations from the soldiers. The mosque was opened in 1896 and renovated in 1902.
The mosque was administered and operated for a long time by the Hong Kong regiment of the British garrison. That changed in 1947 when Pakistan was established and the Muslim soldiers were sent back to Pakistan. The mosque was temporarily administered by various associations of the Pakistani community until this task was transferred to the Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong (commonly known as The Board of Trustees , officially recognized by the government in 1970). In 1972 the Hong Kong government finally leased the property, which they had not owned before, to the Board of Trustees for 77 years.
In 1976, construction work on the Tsim Sha Tsui Station of the MTR subway caused major damage, which forced the building to be demolished. This happened in January 1980. In March 1981, construction began on the new mosque, which opened in May 1984. Small restorations and extensions were carried out in 2004 and 2015.
The building
The traditional Arabic style building is clad with white marble slabs. The four minarets are 11 meters high. The mosque has three prayer rooms, several madrassas , a library, a conference room and a community hall. It offers space for a total of up to 3,000 to 3,500 believers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Syed Minhaj ul Hassan: The Muslims of Hong Kong and their Religious Symbols , in: Peshawar Islamicus , Vol: 7, Issue 1, January-June 2016, online at: journals.uop.edu.pk / ...
- ↑ a b Wai-Yip Ho: Islam and China's Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road , Routledge, Oxon 2013, page 31, online at: books.google.de / ...
- ↑ a b Kowloon Masjid , Report by The Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong, online at: islamictrusthk.org / ...
- ↑ Kowloon Mosque , online at: muslim2china.com / ...
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Coordinates: 22 ° 17 ′ 55 ″ N , 114 ° 10 ′ 18 ″ E