Great Mosque of Sunda Kelapa
Domeless modern mosque with a boat-shaped roof recalling an old Muslim trading harbor.
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This guide to the Great Mosque of Sunda Kelapa in Jakarta's Menteng district looks at a mosque that skips the dome, the drum and the crescent, and at what its architect Gustaf Abbas chose instead. It reaches back to the Muslim traders of the old north-coast harbor, and to the Menteng generals and Governor Ali Sadikin who got the building finished. You'll also hear about the people who keep it running every day, from the fasting-day meals to the Friday pulpit.
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