Saturday, November 30, 2013

Masjid Jamek



   Masjid Jamek, is one of the oldest mosque in Malaysia which retain its original identity .preserving the heritage and the utilization factor. These mosque had a certain sense of space where it welcomes people with a degree in such way when people came to the mosque they understands what is Islam its all about, the place is somehow had been expanded. The semi enclose praying area even though new but with the column arrangement made it unity and showing the path to the inner mosque all the way to the mihrab, another thing is the material, though its red it gave some sense of nostalgic way back in the beginning of its initial establishment, symbol of Islam were present just right at the footsteps entrance to show that this is the way to the house of God. Aside from that, an unexpected symbols appeared to there at the pivot window, these star of David, are the symbols of the Hebrew but in Islamic tradition all of the previous Abrahamic religion are our brothers, hence it gave the unity and welcoming sense within the space among other. Some part were of the building such like the marble for the tiling and Al-Qur'an inscription on the columns were part of the old ones which serve as a reminder that old doesn’t mean its old fashion but as a way to remembrance that gods path to righteousness, is anyway anytime and everywhere possible.


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