Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that runs the Islamic Sharia Law specifically in its area. Aceh, especially its capital Banda Aceh also proclaimed the program as a civilized city. One of the icon and attraction is the mosque of a beautiful mosque nan majestic.
Here are some of the most beautiful and magnificent mosques in Aceh:
A.Islamic Center Mosque, Lhokseumawe
Quoted from DetikTravel one of the mosques that are suitable to be crowned as the most beautiful and grandest mosque in aceh is the Islamic Center Mosque of Lhokseumawe city. Besides the strong presence of Baiturahman Mosque in Banda Aceh as the icon of sharia and history, it turns out that in Aceh there are also mosques that are not less magnificent. Many of the visitors or tourists both local and foreign who mempatkan themselves to stop at this mosque to worship and there are also just stop by to enjoy the beauty of architecture alone.
Glancing attention to the province of Aceh we will certainly remember the syiar Islam. The majority of Acehnese people are Muslims. Visiting Aceh will surely make us fascinated by the beautiful nature that is still natural, along with the beauty of Aceh there are some beautiful places of worship that you can visit.
In addition to the Baiturrahman Great Mosque in Banda Aceh, we can visit a mosque that is not less beautiful in Lhokseumae, Aceh, the Islamic Center Lhokseumawe. Middle East nuance is felt when you visit this Islamic center.
It is worth to know that Lhokseumawe is a city in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. The city is in the exact location in the middle of the eastern path of Sumatra. It lies between Banda Aceh and Medan, making it a vital tract of distribution and commerce in Aceh.
To get to the city of Lhokseumawe we can travel overland about six hours normal time from Banda Aceh City or can also travel by airplane flight with certain schedules and flights.
The building of Islamic center is not fully completed yet. Insha Allah Islamic Center will be equipped with supporting facilities other than the Great Mosque itself consists, will also be supported with Multipurpose Building, Gedung Pustaka, Diniyah or school, Museum and Rumoh Aceh, Mess or Guest House, food stalls and souvenirs, Kindergarten and Quran Recitation Park (TPA) as well as the House of the High Priest.
#Baitul Makmur Great Mosque, Meulaboh
Baitul Makmur Meulaboh Grand Mosque is the largest and grandest mosque in the west coast of West Aceh regency. The mosque is located in Seuneubok Village, Johan Pahlawan Subdistrict has a blend of architecture between the Middle East, Asia, and Aceh and the selection of bright brown colors combined with red brick in the dome of the mosque. The most visible feature of the mosque is the three main domes flanked by two smaller water dome towers. Head shape of all the same dome, which is rounded pointed tip, typical blend of Middle Eastern and Asian architecture.
The building of the Great Mosque of Baitul Makmur Meulaboh looks very prominent with the architectural style of Middle East, Asia, and Aceh blend and the selection of bright brown colors combined with red brick in the dome of the mosque.
A typical mosque that can be seen in plain view are the three main domes flanked by two turrets of smaller water towers. Head shape of all the same dome, which is rounded pointed tip, typical blend of Middle Eastern and Asian architecture. This mosque will be equipped with two new towers that until this writing is still in the stage of completion. The tower will make the mosque look more majestic and can serve as a landmark of the local area.
The gate of the mosque is also a privilege. The stand-alone gate with a few meters distance from the mosque looks very elegant. This gate seems to assert that anyone who enters the gate will find a very beautiful view. Inside the mosque are seen two different space concepts. First, visitors are greeted by a room that has many pillars supporting the second floor as a mezzanine. In the middle there is a roomy space that feels very relieved with ornaments decorative lights right in the middle.
The inspiration of Middle Eastern architectural style is also evident from the form of mihrab. Mihrab that looks very beautiful is dominated by brown color and shades of gold typical bronze material with Islamic special ornaments. Luxurious and cool impression immediately felt when looking at him.
Not stop there, this mosque is also now included in the 100 most beautiful mosques in Indonesia. The entrance of the mosque pride of the people of West Aceh in the 100 most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, is contained in a book compiled by Teddy Tjokrosaputro & Aryananda published by PT Andalan Media, August 2011 as thick as 209 pages.
#Oman Mosque, Banda Aceh City
As mentioned in the place page, the Grand Mosque of Al-Makmur or the so-called Oman Lampriet Mosque is a city mosque located in the middle of urban Kota Banda Aceh. This mosque had been destroyed by the brunt of the devastating tsunami waves that hit Banda Aceh in 2004 ago.
Lampriet Great Mosque was originally built gradually little by the local community since 1979 with the name of Baitul Makmur Mosque with the status as the Great Mosque for the city of Banda Aceh. When the earthquake followed by tsunami waves hit Aceh, Nias and other Indian Ocean areas, resulting in severe damage to the building of this mosque. The Government of the Sultanate of Oman, then provide relief funds to rebuild the mosque as a grand mosque and grand magnificent Middle Eastern architecture as has been famous among the people today.
Aceh is not only known to have a variety of interesting natural attractions, especially the city of Banda Aceh Provincial Capital also offers religious tours on the rows of magnificent mosques in the capital this Veranda Mecca. Noted Banda Aceh has several mosques with Middle Eastern style architecture that is not only beautiful, but also has a high historical value. One of them is Al-Makmur Grand Mosque which became the pride of the people of Aceh other than Baiturrahman Great Mosque.
If compared, indeed Al-Makmur Great Mosque is not as big and as grand as Baiturrahman Great Mosque. Nevertheless, this mosque remains a religious tourist destination that is never deserted from worshipers. This mosque has a charming design and architectural style embraces mosques in the Middle East. In addition, various ornaments, and calligraphy of the Holy Qur'an also increasingly beautify this place of worship of Muslims.
Oman Mosque It has a building area of 1,800 square meters and stands over 7.572 square meters of land. The mosque is also claimed to menampug jamaah to capacity of 2000 people. But when Friday prayers are also a lot of pilgrims who are not accommodated, and booming to have to worship outside the mosque.
This mosque adopted the style of mosque a la Middle East that can be seen the grandeur and beauty of architecture. Can be found there are two towering towers and a large dome in the mosque. Has two floors, building the Grand Mosque of Al-Makmur is also equipped with various facilities so as to provide comfort for the worshipers. Personally, I must admit that this mosque is very comfortable to worship. Its cool feel and tranquility are felt
When visiting the mosque, we can see the many ornaments, carvings and calligraphy from passages of verses of the Qur'an that increasingly beautify the beauty of the mosque. Calligraphy and carving can be found on the side of the mosque as in the pulpit, the walls of the mosque and the ceiling of the mosque. There is also a beautiful decorative lamp inside the mosque building.
Unlike the mosques in general in Aceh, if usually the floor of the mosque decorated with marble, the floor at the Grand Mosque of Al-Makmur covered a kind of special carpet mosque which is also called a slasher. Only on the second floor of the mosque alone, which is not equipped with a slasher. After experiencing several stages of renovation, now the yard section of the mosque is also decorated with parks as well as various plants and mini umbrellas that look pretty.
#Baiturrahman Great Mosque, Banda Aceh
It is incomplete if it does not mention the Great Mosque of Baiturrahman Banda Aceh. True, the Great Mosque of Baiturrahman seems to have become the face of aceh in the eyes of the world and as if it can not be separated. There is no doubt that this Baiturrahman Great Mosque should be recognized as the grandest mosque in Aceh. Apart from its strong historical value,
Baiturrahman Great Mosque is also a silent witness to the tsunami that had hit Aceh in 2004. Where at that time the tsunami wave water that did not mengganas bring anything that he passed as if the tsunami water that looks angry. But it is strange that the magical bin that, when the tsunami water to the location of the courtyard of this Baiturrahman Great Mosque, the water is seen passing quietly and not a single bit of water rises to the floor in the mosque even though some shops and shops are higher than the mosque floor was filled by tsunami water. By Allah's will the people who were in the mosque were saved from the ferocity of the tsunami waves.
As it is in wikipedia that Baiturrahman Great Mosque is a mosque of Sultanate of Aceh built by Sultan Iskandar Muda Mahkota Alam in 1022 H / 1612 AD Beautiful and magnificent buildings similar to the Taj Mahal in India is located right in the heart of Banda Aceh City and became the central point of all activities in Aceh Darussalam.
When the Kingdom of the Netherlands attacked the Sultanate of Aceh on the second Dutch army aggression on Shafar Moon 1290 Hijri / 10 April 1873 AD, Baiturrahman Great Mosque was burned. Then, in 1877 the Dutch rebuilt the Baiturrahman Great Mosque to attract the attention and dampen the anger of the Acehnese. At that time the Sultanate of Aceh was still under the rule of Sultan Muhammad Daud Syah Johan Sovereign who was the last Sultan of Aceh.
As a historic place that has high artistic value, the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque becomes a religious tourism object that is able to make every tourist who comes chuckle awe at the history and beauty of its architecture, where Baiturrahman Great Mosque is one of the most beautiful mosque in Indonesia which has stunning architecture, carving an attractive, spacious courtyard with a Turkish-Ottoman Ottoman Turkish bath pool and will be very cool when inside this mosque.
Now the Grand Mosque of Baiturrahman comes with a new face. Reported by Rappler since it was inaugurated on Saturday, May 13, 2017, by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Baiturrahman Great Mosque is increasingly crowded by citizens. Not just for worship, but also for travel.
After the renovation, Baiturrahman Great Mosque is more beautiful. There, for example, there are 12 electric umbrellas. Umbrella is like umbrella Mosque Medina. A pond is also built on its front yard. While the previous yard in the form of green grass, now changed marble.
The Rp 458 billion project also built a basement for parking cars and motorcycles. In planning, the underground parking area can accommodate 254 cars and 343 motorcycles. There also built wudu place.
In addition, in the yard of the mosque will also be planted 33 palm trees and one tree geulumpang. In areas not fitted with marble floors will be planted with green grass and colorful flowers.
Since July 28, 2015, the construction of the landscape and infrastructure of the mosque began after the ground breaking of the first stakeholder. A total of 12 units of electric umbrellas with size 24x24 meters built. Umbrella that follow the style of Medina Mosque that can increase the capacity of the pilgrims who originally 9 thousand people in the mosque, to 24,400 congregations inside and outside the mosque.
"Umbrella is designed to follow the umbrellas in Masjid Nabawi Medina, with the intention to add to the beauty of the mosque, as well as a means for the comfort of worshiping the pilgrims," said Governor of Aceh, Dr. Zaini Abdullah after inaugurating the new face of Baiturahman Grand Mosque.