Built on 4.5ha of land, the mosque accommodates 5,000 worshippers at one sitting. It took a painstaking four years to complete and was finally ready in 1980. A photographer’s dream, the mosque grounds provide a potential award-winning picture, more so at night when the floodlights are on. Due to its location in one of the busiest thoroughfare, entry into the mosque can be done via jalan Air Hitam. A Filipino architect specially designed the golden onion-shaped domes. Permission must be obtained from mosque officials before entry.

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