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Cheng Ho Mosque

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Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Cheng Ho Mosque
Address:
| 15 Ulu, Seberang Ulu I, Palembang 30267, Indonesia

Cheng Ho Mosque, officially Al Islam Muhammad Cheng Hoo Sriwijaya Palembang Mosque, is a mosque dedicated for Muslim Chinese people located in Jakabaring Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The name of the mosque is in honor to the acclaimed Muslim Chinese Admiral Zheng He. The mosque was founded by the initiative of the elders, advisers, administrators of the Chinese Islamic Association of Indonesia of South Sumatra, as well as Chinese community leaders around Palembang. Previously the mosque was led by renowned imam, Ustadz Choirul Rizal, who had memorized 30 juz' from the Quran. Ustadz Miftah who serves as an imam today, is also a hafiz.The mosque was built with a combination of architectural elements from China, Malay, and Indonesian archipelago, complete with certain parts of the mosque such as imam's residence and surrounding fences. The mosque also serves as a place of free education of Islamic learning. Construction of the mosque begun with laying of the first stones in 2003, and ended with inauguration in 2006. The land was a grant from the local government, and the initial budget of the construction was around 150 million rupiah, gathered by the PITI community. Cheng Ho Mosque is considered a testament to cultural diversity and room for expressing those identities—Chinese and Islamic—in the context of Indonesian society.
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