The magnificent Mosque of Islamic Center Lhokseumawe, Evidence of Triumph and the Islamic Civilization of the Kingdom of Samudra Pasai
GREAT STANDING in downtown Lhokseumawe, Aceh Province, Islamic Center or Almarkazul Islami Lhokseumawe brings the feel of the Middle East in the fertile land of Aceh. The establishment of this Islamic Center revived our memories of the glorious history of the Pasai Ocean Kingdom (Samudera Pase), which is recorded in history as the first Islamic empire in Indonesia.
The first stage of the Islamic Center development project begins with building a grand mosque whose structure is so large with its magnificent dome magnificent dome arrangement. The presence of this Islamic Center has not yet been completely completed to bring a new spirit for the people of Aceh in general and the people of Lhokseumawe, especially after the earthquake and Tsunami disaster that devastated the area several years ago.
The building of Islamic center is not fully completed yet. Later this Islamic center will be equipped with supporting facilities other than the Great Mosque itself consists of: Multipurpose Building, Pustaka Building, Diniyah / School, Museum & Rumoh Aceh, Mess / Wisma Tamu, Outlets / Food Stalls and Soevenir, and Qur'an Recitation Park (TPA) and the House of the High Priest. This project is so big and requires funds that are not a little fair if the construction also takes a long time. As explained in the official website of the Islamic Center of Lhokseumawe, here are the objectives and functions of the Islamic Center of Lhokseumawe to be achieved as well as the background of the Islamic Center's development with some editing as necessary.
The purpose of Islamic Center of Lhokseumawe City
Realizing a prosperous and monumental Mosque as a center for fostering the ummah and Islamic culture.
Organizing Islamic resource development activities through da'wah, education and training.
Assessment activities for the development of Islamic thought and insight.
Organizing Islamic art and art development activities.
Organizing community development and social services.
Organizing data development activities and Islamic Information.
Conducting business activities and development of Islamic business.
Realizing environmental layout Islamic Center city of Lhokseumawe is nuanced Islami, beautiful, comfortable and monumental.
Function of Islamic Center of Lhokseumawe City
Function of Mosque Takmir (Moslem Prosperity)
Education and Training Functions
Social and Cultural Functions
Information and Communication Functions
The function of Islamic Business Development
Other Supporting Functions
Facilities Islamic Center Lhokseumawe
(1). Great Mosque : The building of Grand Mosque in Lhokseumawe Islamic Center complex consists of three-story building, two floors as a prayer area with a capacity of ± 6000 pilgrims on the first floor and ± 3000 worshipers on the second floor. Plus the basement floor. (2). Library Building, a 3662m2 building can accommodate 250 people at a time, as a reference for researchers / intellectuals and students. (3). Mess / Guesthouse : a two-story building, with ten bedrooms with capacity of 2 persons per room to accommodate guest guests in da'wah activities. (4). Madrasah Diniyah : with twelve study rooms, plus two laboratory rooms and a library room, able to accommodate 368 students. (5). Outlet booth (kiosk stand) : consists of 20 food stalls / canteen as well as seven souvenir shops, bookstores, ATK & photocopy, Boutique, wartel, cafe and others. (6). Museum : this museum was built as a container where the storage of cultural objects of historical and artistic value, consisting of a permanent showroom temporary space with a total area of 1,112 m2. (7). Multipurpose building, which can be used as a show room, arts and sports with a capacity to reach 2200 people. and (8). The high priest's house, for the benefit of the high priest's welfare so that tasks can work smoothly.
Background and Purpose of Development Center of Islamic Center of Lhokseumawe City
The Center for Islamic Studies and Development or more known as the Islamic Center (al-Markazul Islami), which stands right in the center of Lhokseumawe City, is a new icon of the Samudra Pase region as the center of New Concentration To re-establish the glory and Islamic Civilization that is immersed in the region First Islamic State in Southeast Asia.
Samudra Pasai also has a fairly wide relationship with the outside kingdom. In its heyday, the Pasai Ocean Coast is an important commercial center of the region, visited by merchants from various lands, such as China, India, Siam (Thailand), Arabia and Persia. The main commodity is pepper. As a large trading port, Samudera Pasai issued a gold coin called a dirham. This money is used officially in the kingdom. Besides being a trading center, Samudera Pasai is also a center of Islamic religious development as well as various disciplines that are not small in its time where the mosque as its center.
The existence of Islamic civilization in the Samudera Pasai sultanate is recorded in Marco Polo's travel journal which has stopped on the island of Sumatra Year 1292, then followed by a note from Abu Abdullah ibn Batuthah (1304-1368), a Moroccan traveler who stopped at the Ocean in 1345 in his book Rihlah ilal-Masyriq (Wander to the East) also mentioned that Sultan Malik az-Zahir in the land of Samatrah who greeted him with great hospitality and the Muslim population of Samatrah (Samudera) who embraced the Syafi'I School as well as its very Alim and Shalh Leaders.
During the reign of Sultan Ahmad Malik al-Dhahir many Islamic pedakwah sent by the kingdom to spread Islam throughout Malay and Nusantara. Sultan Ahmad Syah in Malacca (Malay Land) has embraced Islam and married the daughter of King Samudra Pase, and he is known as Sultan Iskandar Syah (1324-1444 AD), the Islamic Kingdom of Samudra Pasai also sent Da'i to Barus on the West Coast of Sumatra Island and the eastern part of the island, to the people of Aru, so that the Batak Kingdom in North Sumatra embraced Islam. Not only the glory, the kingdom has also given birth to a cultural life that produces good writing. A group of creative minorities managed to capitalize on the Arabic letters brought by Islam, called the Jawi language, and the letter was Arabic Jawi. This letter is used by Shaykh Abdurrauf al-Singkili to write his books. also developed the science of Sufism. Indicates the role that Samudera Pasai has played in his position as the center of Islamic civilization in Southeast Asia and the Islamic World.
In 1524, the Islamic Kingdom of Samudera Pasai was under the influence of the Aceh Sultanate based in Bandar Aceh Darussalam. At that time, the Sultanate of Aceh was led by Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah. After a while, eventually the other Islamic kingdoms unite into one in the Sultanate of Aceh Darus Salam, such as Tamiang and Lamuri.
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