Construction of Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque (2017)

The Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque (Malay: Masjid Hassanal Bolkiah) is a Sunni mosque in Mentiri, a settlement area in Brunei-Muara District of Brunei.

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The construction of the mosque began on 2 May 2017 with the foundation laying ceremony held three days later. It was built by the command of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, to replace the previous mosque, the Kampong Mentiri National Housing Scheme Mosque, which was destroyed in a fire on 5 April 2017. The construction was completed in 49 days; andt was officially opened by the Sultan on 23 June 2017, held after the inaugural Friday prayers at the mosque.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque, Mentiri”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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