The Floating Mosque of Palu, also known as Arqam Babu Rahman MosqueNasib Masjid Apung Palu Setelah Terpapar Tsunami
''Tempo''. Retrieved May 1, 2021.Nourse, Jennifer
The mosques that survived Palu’s tsunami and what that means
''The Conversation''. Retrieved May 1, 2021. is a mosque in the city of Palu,

Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 for ...

, Indonesia. The mosque is an icon of Palu, known for floating on

Palu Bay Palu Bay ( id, Teluk Palu)GridOto.com''Video Gempa Donggala, Jembatan Palu IV Primadona Sulawesi Tengah Roboh'' retrieved 30 September 2018. is located on the north coast of Sulawesi in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi. Geography The b ...

. It was hit by the

2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi. The magnitude 7.5 quake was located away from the prov ...

and partially submerged underwater.

History

The Floating Mosque of Palu is inaugurated in 2011 in the area of 121 square meters, and known for directly facing Palu Bay on Talise beach. The mosque is a tourist destination and icon of the city of Palu. The mosque is dedicated to the 17th-century Muslim scholar from West Sumatra, Datuk Karama, who greatly contributed to the spread of Islam in the Palu region.

2018 Sulawesi tsunami

During the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, the mosque was struck by multiple tsunamis which collapsed the pillars that supported the mosque floating on the bay. As such, the mosque has partially submerged in the ocean. However, the building remained intact. Reportedly, the wave entered through the back door and penetrated the front door, and the prayer space was inundated by the water. The window walls also lost their glasses.

Adhan Adhan ( ar, أَذَان ; also variously transliterated as athan, adhane (in French), azan/azaan (in South Asia), adzan (in Southeast Asia), and ezan (in Turkish), among other languages) is the Islamic call to public prayer (salah) in a mos ...

loudspeakers still functioned without any defects. After the tsunami, the people of Palu, especially the

traditionalist Traditionalism is the adherence to traditional beliefs or practices. It may also refer to: Religion * Traditional religion, a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group * Traditionalism (19th-century Catholicism), a 19th–cen ...

Muslims who believe in Islamic mysticism, asserted that the mosque survived because of the divine power of the saints who guarded the mosque. The floating mosque and the mosque of

Alkhairaat Alkhairaat ( ar-at, الخيرات, al-Ḵayrāt, , "good things") is the largest Islamic community organization in eastern Indonesia based in Palu, Central Sulawesi. This organization was founded by an Arab Indonesians cleric who born in Hadhramau ...

traditionalist Islamic organization were few of the only surviving mosques after the tsunami. As of April 2021, the mosque is still partially submerged underwater.Ngabuburit di sekitar Masjid Terapung Arkam Babu Rahman
''Antara News''. Retrieved May 1, 2021.

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History

2018 Sulawesi tsunami

See also

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