- Source: An-Nur Tongkang Mosque
The An-Nur Tongkang Mosque (traditional Chinese: 東港清真寺; simplified Chinese: 东港清真寺; pinyin: Dōnggǎng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 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 a wudu 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 area and a madrasa.
See also
Islam in Taiwan
List of mosques in Taiwan
References
External links
An-Nur Tongkang Mosque on Facebook
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- Masjid An-Nur Tongkang
- Daftar tempat wisata di Indonesia
- An-Nur Tongkang Mosque
- List of mosques in Taiwan
- Indonesians in Taiwan
- An-Nur (disambiguation)
- Islam in Taiwan
- List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
- 2018 in Taiwan
- Indonesia–Taiwan relations
- Riau
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