About Straits Mosque
The Malacca Straits Mosque is a mosque located on the man-made Malacca Island near Malacca Town. It looks like a floating structure if the water level is high.
Located in Melaka, a man-made Malacca Island, the Melaka Straits Mosque (Masjid Selat Melaka) was built at a cost of approximately RM10 million, combining the Middle Eastern and the Malays craftmanship.
History Straits of Malacca
The straits of Melaka is the Longest and the busiest strait in the world. The important of the strait is equivalent to Suez Canal or the Panama Canal.
The strait is named after the State of Melaka because of the Long History of Melaka Sultanate Empire 600 years ago. Stretching about 500mile between Malaysian Peninsular (West ) and the Island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Amazing View !
Melaka Straits Mosque is facing the famous Malacca Strait.
It is built on stilts over the water and it looks like a floating structure if the water level is high.
This mosque showcase the excellence and glorious modern Islamic architecture.
Apart from serving as a place of worship, it has also become a famous tourist destination.
Melaka Straits Mosque is officiated by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail on 24 November 2006.
The mosque is currently administered by the Malacca Islamic Council.
Rule is growing rapidly and became a most important ports in the Malay Archipelago in the 15th century and the 16th. Moreover, the spice trade of Malacca is the place to serve as the door to statesspices spices to market them.
This can be illustrated by DuarteBarbosa who said:
"Those who control the Malacca, he could dominate world trade"
The factors that contribute to the Malacca into a developedcountry is because the port was protected from the threat of the Southwest Monsoon and Northeast Monsoon. The traders from Java, Arabia, India, China and others to seek refuge in Malaccauntil it is safe for them to sea again. During the reign ofParameswara, many Chinese settled in Malacca, near the BukitChina which has the best feng shui at the time.
Melaka Straits Mosque is facing the famous Malacca Strait.
It is built on stilts over the water and it looks like a floating structure if the water level is high.
This mosque showcase the excellence and glorious modern Islamic architecture.
Melaka Straits Mosque is officiated by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail on 24 November 2006.
The mosque is currently administered by the Malacca Islamic Council.
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