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Five Sacred Sites in Southeast Asia

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Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque
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Malaysia’s fervent Muslim faith is best embodied in the mosque that dominates Selangor State’s skyline: the Sultan Salahuddin Mosque rises above a man-made lake surrounding it, with a soaring blue aluminum dome 350 feet in height. Inside the mosque, congregants’ worship can be enhanced with lighting systems that replicate the a twinkling desert night sky.

Its size allows it to accommodate 16,000 worshippers in one go. The mosque’s size and central location ensures that, on a clear day, the mosque’s dome may be visible from Kuala Lumpur.

The mosque is named after the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, who ordered its construction in the 1970s.

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