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At-Taqwa
Great
Mosque
Masjid
Raya
At-Taqwa
is
a
most
beautifull
mosque
in
West
Java.
It
is
in
Jl.
RA.
Kartini
no
2
Cirebon.
At-Taqwa
Mosque or At-Taqwa
Grand
MASJID is
a
historical
mosque
in
the
city
of Cirebon, West
Java,
founded
in
1918.
Today
it
is
one
of
the congregational
masjid in
Cirebon
and
considered
an
icon
of
the
city
of
cirebon.
The
masjid
also
provides
Islamic
learning
as
well
as
public
services
such
as
blood
donation
and
a
free
ambulance.
The
masjid
was
founded
in
a
village
called
Kejaksan.
Initially,
it
consisted
of
two
sections;
one
is
used
as
the
masjid
called
Tajug
Agung
(the
present
At-Taqwa
Masjid)
and
the
other
half
is
used
as
an alun-alun (the
present
Kejaksan
Square).
The
mosque
was
initially
named
Tajug
Agung,
but
due
to
the
aging
structure
and
the
rising
demand
for
an
increased
prayer
capacity,
R.M.
Arhatha,
then
head
of
the
Cirebon
city
Council
of
Religious
Affairs
had
the
idea
to
renovate
Tajug
Agung
and
rename
it
to
At-Taqwa
Mosque.
The
name
Tajug
Agung
roughly
corresponds
to
the
"Great
Mosque"
and
as
there
was
already
a
great
mosque
located
in
the
Kasepuhan
(the
present-day Great
Mosque
of
Sang
Cipta
Rasa),
the
officials
considered
two
mosques
with
the
name
"great
mosque"
is
unjustifiable.
In
1951
the
reconstruction
of
the
mosque
began
and
it
was
inaugurated
as
At-Taqwa
in
1963.
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