Taipei Grand Mosque
Beamless bronze-domed mosque with twin minarets, built by refugee Muslim families after the nineteen forty-nine civil war exodus.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Taipei Grand Mosque in Taipei opens in 1999, when a cement company's ownership claim put Taiwan's oldest Islamic house of worship at risk, then goes back to 1949, when Muslim families fleeing the Chinese Civil War first gathered to pray in a small house on Lishui Street. You'll hear about General Bai Chongxi's push for a grander mosque and the foreign royalty who helped fund it. Look up at the bronze dome's green-black patina as you listen.
This audio guide was created using AI.
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