Al-Azhar Great Mosque
Al-Azhar Great Mosque | |
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Masjid Agung Al-Azhar | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Ownership | Al-Azhar Islamic Dormitory School Foundation |
Location | |
Location | Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia |
Geographic coordinates | 6°14′07″S 106°47′58″E / 6.2351614°S 106.7993264°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Middle East |
Groundbreaking | November 19, 1953 |
Completed | 1958 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 10,000[1] |
Dome(s) | 1 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Site area | 43.755 M2 |
Website | |
Masjid Agung Jakarta |
Al-Azhar Great Mosque (Indonesian: Masjid Agung Al-Azhar) is a mosque located in Jalan Sisingamangaraja, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta. The mosque was constructed between 1953 and 1958. It was originally known simply as Mesjid Agung (Great Mosque). It was Jakarta's largest mosque when it was built until it was surpassed by the Istiqlal Mosque which was completed in 1978. Al-Azhar mosque and the mosque complex is best known for its educational works.
History
The idea for a building of a mosque and a school in Kebayoran Baru was initiated by 14 people from the
The Great Mosque became the Al-Azhar Great Mosque following the suggestion of the
In 1967, a kindergarten was established in the Al-Azhar Mosque complex. The educational works of the Al-Azhar finally culminates with the establishment of the nearby Al-Azhar University Indonesia in 2000.[3]
Al-Azhar Great Mosque was made a Jakarta heritage site and a national cultural heritage on August 19, 1993.
Building
Al-Azhar Great Mosque is topped with a white onion dome, following the architecture of mosque in the Middle East. It has one minaret.
Al-Azhar Great Mosque was established not just as a mosque but also as a center of social activities and dakwah. It was among the first "modern" mosques of Indonesia in which a mosque building is completed with modern facilities such as an Islamic library, a lecture and a seminar hall, a health clinic, classes for both religious and secular subject, and dormitories.
See also
References
- ^ AGUNG AL-AZHAR. SIMAS. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Rush 2016, p. 126.
- ^ a b Merrillees 2015, p. 129.
- ^ Rush 2016, p. 127.
- ^ Rush 2016, p. 128.
- ^ "Al Azhar, Masjid". Ensiklopedi Jakarta (in Indonesian). Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan Pemprov DKI Jakarta. 2010. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
Further reading
- Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397308.
- Rush, James R. (2016). Hamka's Great Story: A Master Writer's Vision of Islam for Modern Indonesia. Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299308407.