Stanley Mosque, Hong Kong Mosque with Indian Architectural Style
DDHK. ORG - Stanley Mosque is one of masjid well known in Hong Kong. This mosque has a distinctive architecture like a building Taj Mahal the beautiful one.
This mosque began to be used in 1981 whose main function is a place of worship for Muslims from India. The silence here is very guarded, because it does not allow visitors to walk around the mosque area.
Even to visit here, you are required to apply first.
This mosque is located at 53 Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, Hong Kong. To get here, you can take the MTR and get off at Chai Wan station.
Or you can also take Citybus no. 6, 6x or green minibus no. 40, 40X and get off at Stanley Prison stop.
The Stanley Mosque is located within the Stanley Prison area. Many do not think that in Stanley prison located in the southern part of Hong Kong Island there is a mosque building.
Historic Stanley Mosque
Reporting from oranghongkong.com, Hong Kong has a historic mosque.
In the early 1900s, the Hong Kong government brought 400 Muslims from Pakistan and India to work in the Hong Kong prison, which at that time had an office at Arbuthnot Road, Mid-Level.
Most of them worshiped at Jamia Mosque which was also located in Mid-Level at that time.
The Hong Kong prison office was then moved to Stanley prison, so at that time the government decided to build a mosque in this prison to make it easier for employees of the Muslim faith to worship.
On January 1, 1937, the sand-colored Stanley Mosque (Stanley Mosque) was officially opened for Muslim employees to worship there.
On December 18, 2009 the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office inaugurated the 4th Mosque building in Hong Kong, namely the Stanley Mosque as a Grade 1 historic building, meaning that the building is protected by the Hong Kong government.
The Imam of Stanley Mosque is Hafiz Afzal Khan, he has been the Iman of the Mosque for more than 20 years. The mosque is not open to the public, but if you give a reason to the security personnel that you want to enter to worship and show your HKID, you will be allowed to enter the mosque. [DDHK News]
