JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the laying of the first stone or groundbreaking of the State Mosque in the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago, East Kalimantan, today.
Jokowi said that later the State Mosque could accommodate around 61 thousand worshipers.
"All around this mosque will be surrounded by water, artificial reservoirs will be made. So, I imagine this mosque will be a mosque that will be very beautiful from outside and will also have a very beautiful interior from within," Jokowi said as seen on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Wednesday, January 17.
He added that the construction costs of the building reached around Rp940 billion, which would later be equipped with regional infrastructure, such as landscapes, regional utilities and roads and bridges.
"And built approximately 400 calendar days, it is targeted that by the end of this year it can be completed," he said.
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This State Mosque, said Jokowi, is expected to represent Indonesia's diversity and as a means for Muslims to carry out various religious activities, as well as become a symbol to strengthen religious tolerance and moderation in the capital city of the archipelago.
In addition, Jokowi hopes that the mosque to be built can later become an example of state mosques in the world, which also display Indonesian peculiarities and the peculiarities of the capital city of the archipelago.
"By saying bismillahirrahmanirrahim, this afternoon I officially declare that the groundbreaking of the State Mosque has begun," he concluded.
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