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The An-Nur Tongkang Mosque () is a
The mosque is located on the third floor of a three-story house building with a capacity of 120 worshipers. The mosque is also equipped with a
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
in Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. It is the eighth mosque built in Taiwan. It is also the first mosque in Pingtung County.
History
The mosque originally started inside a rented house at 34-1 Fengyu Street (豐漁街) in Donggang Township, in which most of the worshipers are Indonesian fishermen from the area. After enough funds were collected over the past 10 years, worshipers had the idea to purchase the rented house and convert it into a mosque. Due to the reluctance of the house owner to sell it, worshipers had to look for a different house. They finally found one nearby the first house in Xingyu Street (興漁街), which is still located within the same township, and purchased it for an amount of NT$5.4 million. It was then renovated for a cost of NT$1 million with the addition of awudu
Wuḍūʾ ( ar, الوضوء ' ) is the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification, or ablution. The 4 Fardh (Mandatory) acts of ''Wudu'' consists of washing the face, arms, then wiping the head and the fe ...
area and some air conditioning systems. It was eventually turned into the mosque. The mosque was officially opened on 18 February 2018.
On 9 December 2018, Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung honored and paid tribute to the mosque founder in conjunction with the International Migrants Day for his fund raising efforts in establishing the worship place.
Architecture
The mosque is located on the third floor of a three-story house building with a capacity of 120 worshipers. The mosque is also equipped with a Quran reading
In Islam, ''Qirāah'', (pl. ''Qirāāt''; ar, قراءات , lit= recitations or readings) are different linguistic, lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactical forms permitted with reciting the holy book of Islam, the Quran. Differ ...
area and a madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
.
See also
*Islam in Taiwan
Islam is a minor religion in Taiwan and it represents about 0.3% of the population. There are around 60,000 Muslims in Taiwan, in which about 90% belong to the Hui ethnic group. There are also more than 250,000 foreign Muslims working in Tai ...
* List of mosques in Taiwan
As of February 2018, there are ten mosques in Taiwan. The following table is the list of mosques in Taiwan. Taipei Grand Mosque is the largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan.
See also
* Islam in Taiwan
* Lists of mosques
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References
External links
* {{Mosques in Taiwan 2018 establishments in Taiwan Mosques completed in 2017 Mosques in Taiwan Religious buildings and structures in Pingtung County