Sandakan Jamek Mosque

Sandakan Jamek Mosque
Masjid Jamek Sandakan
Masjid Jamek Sheik Hasabollah At-Tohiri
Basic information
Location Sandakan
Affiliation Shafi'i
District Sandakan District
State Sabah
Country Malaysia
Architectural style Islamic
Completed 1890

The Sandakan Jamek Mosque (Malay: Masjid Jamek Sandakan or also known as Masjid Jamek Sheik Hasabollah At-Tohiri) is a mosque in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Opened in 1890, it is the oldest mosque in Sandakan, part of Sandakan Heritage Trail.[1]

History

The mosque was opened in 1890 by Damsah, a Muslim cloth merchant from British Raj (present-day India). Its original location is located in the restaurant Habeeb III facing Wisma Sandakan. During World War II, the mosque become a hiding places for the town Muslim populations from the Japanese. The Japanese military believes the mosque could also become the hiding place for British soldiers that leading them to shot the mosque several times during the war.[2]

See also

References

  1. Tamara Thiessen (2012). Borneo: Sabah - Brunei - Sarawak. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 217–. ISBN 978-1-84162-390-0.
  2. "'Sandakan Heritage Trails'" (PDF). Borneo Sandakan Tours. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

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