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Friday, January 29, 2010

The Islamic Civilization Park (Taman Tamadun Islam

The Islamic Civilization Park (Taman Tamadun Islam) is an interactive journey of Islamic monuments of the world. The 23-hectare Park is part of a project under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) to further raise Kuala Terengganu as a waterfront city.

Sprawled on the Park in the Island of Pulau Wan Man are 21 scaled-down replicas of many of Islam’s greatest mosques, minarets and palaces from around the world.
Masjid Kristal or Crystal Mosque is a state-of-the-art mosque, made of crystal shine glass with a steel foundation, the first of its kind in the world. Crystal Mosque is an icon for the Islamic Civilization Park and a new monument for Kuala Terengganu beside Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah aka floating mosque.

The park also boasts the biggest convention center in the east coast of peninsula Malaysia. It can seat up to 3,000 people at any one time.

The 21 replicas of monuments:
1. The Dome of the Rock (Qubbah As Sakhrah), Palestine
2. National Mosque, Malaysia
3. The Sacred Mosque (Masjidil Haram), Makkah, Saudi Arabia
4. Al-Hambra Citadel, Granada, Spain
5. Taj Mahal, India
6. Badshahi Mosque, Pakistan
7. Kudus Al-Manar Mosque, Indonesia
8. The Prophet’s Mosque (Al-Nabawi), Medina, Saudi Arabia
9. Great Mosque of Samara, Iraq
10. Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan City, Russia
11. The Great Mosque of Qairawan, Tunisia
12. Lutfallah Mosque, Iran
13. Agadez Grand Mosque, Nigeria
14. Suleyman Mosque, Turkey
15. Pattani Mosque, Thailand
16. Minaret of Xian, China
17. Mausoleum of Abu Nasr Parsa, Afghanistan
18. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, Brunei
19. Aleppo Citadel, Syria
20. Kalyan Minaret, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
21. Mohammad Ali Mosque (Alabaster Mosque), Cairo

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