Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque | |
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Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin | |
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Location | Putrajaya, Malaysia |
Geographic coordinates | 2°55′9.5″N101°40′51.3″E / 2.919306°N 101.680917°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Nik Arshad Nik Mohammed [1] |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Modern |
Completed | 2009 |
Construction cost | RM 208 million (~ US$ 55 million) |
Capacity | 20,000 worshippers |
The Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque (Malay : Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin) or the Iron Mosque (Malay : Masjid Besi) is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia after Putra Mosque. It is located in Putrajaya's Precinct 3, opposite the Palace of Justice and next to Islamic Complex Putrajaya, a religious authority headquarters. Construction began since April 2004 and was fully completed on August 2009. [2] It was officially opened by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on 11 June 2010. [3]
The mosque was built to cater to approximately 24,000 residents including the government servants working around the city center as well as areas within Precincts 2, 3, 4 and 18. Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque's area is twice that of Putra Mosque, which is located 2.2 kilometres north.
The "Iron Mosque" features a district cooling system, and fans or an air conditioning system. The mosque employs "architectural wire mesh" imported from Germany and China, which is also constructed at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The main entrance is strengthened with glass reinforced concrete to increase the integrity of the structure and uses fine glass to create an illusion of a white mosque from afar.
The path towards the mosque crosses a skyway known as the Kiblat Walk which stretches an area of 13,639 m². This skyway contains landscaping adapted from the ancient castles of Alhambra. The interior is decorated with Al-Asmaul-Husna calligraphy of the Thuluth variation. The entrance to the main prayer hall is adorned with verse 80 of Sura Al-Isra from the Qur'an. [4]
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