Sunday, March 18, 2007

Turkish Mosque in China Town

This mosque along the main China Town street is located right at the heart of the Hague. It is just a few minutes walk from Spuistraat the main shopping alley in the Hague. Going along with the Turkish traditions are two distinct minarets and elegant floor carpets for prayer.

Apparently there are more mosques in Holland than in Brunei. With a Muslim population of 1 million or so, literally there are more muslims here than in UK. In the Hague, the various ethnic groups are catered by multitude of Dutch, Turks, Moroccan and Indonesia mosques. The gathering for Indonesian, Malaysian and Bruneian is the Al-Hikmah mosque. The Friday sermon is conducted in Bahasa Indonesia.

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