An-Nur Tongkang Mosque | |
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東港清真寺 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Location | |
Location | No. 115, Xingyu Street, Donggang, Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Geographic coordinates | 22°27′41.0″N 120°26′47.8″E / 22.461389°N 120.446611°E |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Founder | Muksin |
Date established | 18 February 2018 |
Completed | 2017 |
Construction cost | NT$6,400,000 |
Capacity | 120 worshipers |
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.
The mosque originally started inside a rented house at 34-1 Fengyu Street (豐漁街) in Donggang Township, [1] in which most of the worshipers are Indonesian fishermen from the area. [2] [3] 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. [4] The mosque was officially opened on 18 February 2018. [5] [6] [7]
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. [8]
The mosque is located on the third floor of a three-story house building with a capacity of 120 worshipers. [4] [9] The mosque is also equipped with a Quran reading area and a madrasa. [4]