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Al Azim Mosque
Mosque in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Al-Azim Mosque (Malay: Masjid Al-Azim) is the state mosque of Malacca. It is located next to the Malacca General Hospital, the Malacca Al-Quran Museum and the State Heroes Mausoleum (Malay: Makam Pahlawan Negeri) and was constructed to replace the former state mosque at Tranquerah Mosque and officially opened on 13 July 1990 by the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak.
Al Azim Mosque | |
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Masjid Al Azim | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Location | |
Location | Jalan Solok Balik Bukit, Malacca, Malaysia |
Geographic coordinates | 2°12′55″N 102°15′44″E |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Style | Malay |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
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The state mosque follows typical Malaccan mosque architecture in the Malay style of the archipelago. The interior of the mosque also shows native influence and local Malacca Malay architecture. Aziz Tapa is one of the backpine who did the architecture on the mosque. The mosque has a lecture hall, auditorium, offices, a cafe and a museum. The mosque can accommodate 12,000 worshippers.[1]