'Pagoda' mosque draws tourists
By : Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah
RANTAU PANJANG: Thousands of visitors are flocking to a RM7.2 million new mosque here, with a design inspired by China's pagoda architecture.
Though still incomplete, it was used for terawih prayers during the recent Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations.
"We hope the mosque will boost tourism in the state as it is located near Thailand. Many foreigners enter Kelantan through the checkpoint here."
RANTAU PANJANG: Thousands of visitors are flocking to a RM7.2 million new mosque here, with a design inspired by China's pagoda architecture.
Though still incomplete, it was used for terawih prayers during the recent Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations.
Deputy Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yaakub, the chairman of the building committee, said the mosque would be ready next month."Only the library and kindergarten are yet to be completed," he said."While it will be open to Muslims for prayer, everyone can have a good look inside and rest at the underground room.
"We hope the mosque will boost tourism in the state as it is located near Thailand. Many foreigners enter Kelantan through the checkpoint here."
Rantau Panjang member of parliament Siti Zailah Mohd Yusof, who hosted her Hari Raya open house for about 8,000 children and old folk at the mosque, said many people visited the mosque because of its unique design, said to be the first in the country."The response has been overwhelming.
Visitors from other states and southern Thailand also come to have photographs taken here." Built on a one-hectare site, the Sultan Ismail Petra Silver Jubilee Mosque is a double-storey building topped by a minaret and an unusual turban-shaped cupola.
Apart from the kindergarten and library, it will also house a computer centre, visitors room and bazaar.
Sumber : NST
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