Crystal mosque
The Crystal Mosque ( Malay : Masjid Kristal ) is a mosque in Kuala Terengganu , Terengganu , Malaysia .
The mosque was built between 2006 and 2008 with four minarets and holds 700 worshipers. It was officially opened on February 8th, 2008 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong , Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu.
Islamic Heritage Park
The crystal mosque is the attraction in the "Islamic Heritage Park" (Malay: Taman Tamadun Islam ), which is located on the island of Wan Man .
In the park there are many replicas of world-famous mosques on a scale of 1: 8:
- Masjid Abu Nasr Pasra , Afghanistan
- Prophet's Mosque , Medina , Saudi Arabia
- Al Haram Mosque , Mecca , Saudi Arabia
- Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque , Bandar Seri Begawan , Brunei
- Xi'an Mosque , Xi'an , China
- Taj Mahal , Agra , India
- Masjid Menara kudu , kudu , Indonesia
- Masjid Sheikh Lutfalla , Iran
- Samarra Mosque , Samarra , Iraq
- Masjid Negara , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
- Masjid Mohamed Ali , Giza , Egypt
- Great Mosque of Agadez , Niger
- Badshahi Mosque , Lahore , Pakistan
- Dome of the Rock , Jerusalem
- Kul Sharif Mosque , Kazan , Tatarstan
- Alhambra , Granada , Spain
- Aleppo Citadel , Aleppo , Syria
- Pattani Mosque , Pattani Province , Thailand
- Main Mosque of Qairawān , Qairawān , Tunisia
- Suleymaniye Mosque , Istanbul , Turkey
- Kalyan Minaret , Bukhara , Uzbekistan
literature
- Gaëlle M. Moal-Ulvoas: The Tourism Experience Offered by Religious Theme Parks: Taman Tamadun Islam (TTI) in Malaysia . In: International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage . Vol. 4, No. 4 , 2016, ISSN 2009-7379 , Article 8 ( arrow.dit.ie [PDF]).
Web links
- Pembinaan TTI Dan Masjid Kristal Jadi Mercu Tanda Umat Islam . Bernama. 8 Feb 2008 at 9:34 pm MST.
- Don't be Cynical about Mosques with Chinese Characteristics ( Memento November 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Bernama. 26 Oct 2008 at 10:06 am MST.
Coordinates: 5 ° 19 ′ 22 " N , 103 ° 6 ′ 58" E