Floating mosque to hold feast on June 22
GEORGE TOWN: The mosque qariah committee of the Tanjung Bungah floating mosque will hold a kenduri (feast) after breaking of fast and terawih prayers on June 22.
Committee deputy chairman Badarul Jamal Mohd Ariffin said the feast, which falls on the 27th day of Ramadan, is to commemorate the auspicious time of Lailatul Qadar when the Quran was revealed.
“Everyone is welcome to join us. After breaking fast, we will invite preachers to deliver sermons and also recite the Quran,” he said in an interview here yesterday.
Badarul Jamal said during the Ramadan month, the mosque provides break fast meals for about 100 people daily, followed by nightly terawih prayers and Quran recitals.
The picturesque Tanjung Bungah floating mosque’s minaret is seven storeys high.
From the air, its star-shaped design is evident, while concealed pilings and stilts below give it a floating effect.
Inspired by Moorish architecture, the mosque, which stretches over 70m out to sea from the shoreline, was built at the cost of RM15mil to replace an older mosque which was damaged by the 2004 tsunami.
Orderly rows of fishing boats floating around the mosque pre- serve its heritage as a fishermen’s place of worship to this day. Over 1,500 Muslims can answer the call to prayer at any one time at the mosque.