تايلاند: مسلمو بوكيت يحققون حلم بناء مسجد

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

تحقق حلم مسلمي مدينة "بوكيت" - الواقعة جنوب غرب الساحل التايلاندي - ببناء المسجد، والذي تحقق بالجهود الذاتية وتعاون المسلمين الذين يشكلون نحو 30% من السكان المجاورين للمسجد، طبقًا لما أكده نائب مدير جمعية مقاطعة "بوكيت" الإسلامية.

ومن المتوقع أن تنتهي أعمال البناء بحلول نوفمبر القادم - بمشيئة الله - بتكلفة بلغت 574 ألف دولار، بدعم مجتمعي ومساهمة سلطنة "بروناي".

ونتيجة عدم وجود مسجد كان المسلمون - الذين يشكلون 20% من سكان "تايلاند" ذات الغالبية البوذية - يلجؤون لتعليم أبنائهم التعاليم الدينية بالمدارس الإسلامية الخاصة، التي بنوها على نفقاتهم تطوعًا لتعليم الأطفال الدين واللغة العربية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Thai Mosque A Dream Come True

Putting their dream to build a mosque on hold for decades, the Muslim community in Phuket Island in south-west coast of Thailand will soon inaugurate their mosque to serve an increasing Muslim minority.

"I would estimate that about 30% of the people living in the area around the mosque are Muslim," Imam Kitti Islam, deputy chairman of the Phuket Provincial Islamic Council, told Khabar Southeast Asia on Tuesday, August 20.

“Many of them have contributed generously to help make the mosque project become reality.”

Yet, the funding has held Muslims back from constructing Al Madinah mosque, named after the holy city in Saudi Arabia.

Thanks to funding from benefactors in Brunei, work started in October with a budget of Bt. 18m ($574,400) and is expected to be completed in November.

"This is government land, but they have allowed us to build our mosque here,” imam Kitti said.

“We set up a mosque committee to oversee contributions from community members to fund the construction, and we are grateful to some of our generous sponsors that included Bt. 10m ($319,300) from the Royal Family of Brunei and Abdul Aziz Latif."

The new mosque is being constructed on the outskirts of the Saphan Ruam Community on the gritty east side of Phuket Town.

Thai Muslims, who make up five percent of the predominantly Buddhist kingdom's population, have long complained of discrimination under the heavy-handed practices by the military.

They have also called for Malay to become an official language and to replace the Buddhist-centric school curriculum with one less hostile to Muslim sensitivities.