Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque

Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque
Masjid Baitul Muttaqien
Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque ; Masjid Baitul Muttaqien
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Groundbreaking	43.500 m2
Specifications
Capacity	10.000 pilgrims
Minaret(s)	7
Minaret height	99 meters

Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque, also known as Baitul Muttaqien Mosque, is a mosque located in the subdistrict of Teluk Lerong Ulu, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is one of the largest mosques in Southeast Asia. It situates at the foreground of Mahakam River, and it has seven minarets and a huge dome.

Description

The mosque has a building area of 43,500 square meters, supporting building area of 7,115 square meters and the basement floor area of 10,235 square meters. The ground floor of the mosque has area of 10,270 square meters and the main floor has area of 8,185 square meters. The mezzanine floor area (balcony) is 5,290 square meters. This location was formerly a sawmill area owned by PT Inhutani I which was then granted to the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan.

The mosque has seven minarets, and the main tower reaches 99 meters, which is a reference to the Asmaul Husna, or the 99 names of Allah. The main tower consists of building with 15 floors and each floor has height of an average of 6 meters. Meanwhile, stairs from the ground floor to the main floor of the mosque amount to 33 steps. This amount is deliberately equated with one-third the number of Islamic prayer beads. In addition to the main tower, this building also has six minarets on the side of the mosque. Four of them are located in each corner of the mosque and reaches 70-meter-high, and two of them are at the gate and reaches 57-meter-high. The six towers also mean Six Pillars of Islam.^[2]