The Crystal Mosque or Masjid Kristal is a mosque in Kuala Terengganu

Kuala Terengganu

-Transport:The city is connected to other towns via a good network of roads and also some ferries that ply the Terengganu River. The Sultan Mahmud Bridge, a bridge over the Terengganu River, provides a road link to both banks of the river...

, Terengganu

Terengganu

Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman...

, Malaysia. The mosque is located at Islamic Heritage Park

Islamic Heritage Park

The Islamic Heritage Park or Taman Tamadun Islam is a famous attraction in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. This park is located at the island of Wan Man.-Notable mosques replicas:#Taj Mahal, Agra, India#Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Medina, Saudi Arabia...

 on the island of Wan Man

Wan Man

Wan Man is a small island in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. It is located off the east coast ofTerengganu. It is one of the hundreds of small islands that are part of Malaysia. Pulau Wan Man is the home of Malaysia's Crystal Mosque theme park that was opened in February 2008....

. The mosque was constructed between 2006 and 2008. It was officially opened on 8 February 2008 by 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Yang di-Pertuan Agong

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin is the 17th Sultan of Terengganu and the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional head of state of Malaysia...

 of Terengganu

Terengganu

Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman...

.

However, in a newspaper report of Bernama

BERNAMA

BERNAMA is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body placed under the Information, Culture and Communications Ministry. It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 26 May 1968....

, on October 26th 2008, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi commented on this building having Chinese

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 characteristics and called on the people to not be cynical about these types of mosques and focus more on the teachings of Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

. He said this because of concern on the Malay people not wanting to share mosque

Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

characteristics with the Muslim-Chinese people.

External links

Pembinaan TTI Dan Masjid Kristal Jadi Mercu Tanda Umat Islam. BERNAMA. 8 Feb 2008, 21:34 MST. DONT'T BE CYNICAL ABOUT MOSQUES WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. BERNAMA. 26 Oct 2008, 10:06 MST.

• Malaysian Wiki: http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Masjid_Kristal.jpg
• Flickr: Masjid Kristal by day, Masjid Kristal by night
• Panoramio: 1, 2, 3, 4