Islamic Center In West Nusa Tenggara

The Islamic Center is one of icons in West Nusa Tenggara, located in Mataram. The
Islamic Center is the grandest and biggest mosque in West Nusa Tenggara. Inside the Islamic
Center there are the big mosque named Hubbul Wathan and four towers among others the
Asma’ul Husna with hight of ninety nine meters.

Why is the tower only ninety nine meters high not one hundred meters? The answer,
because ninety nine meters has a meaning that is ninety nine Asma’ul Husna, Asma’ul Husna
refers to the name, designation, degree,up to the nature of the Allah SWT. which names are
also exquisite and good.

The location of the largest mosque in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara is on Langko
Street, Mataram City. The location is very strategic and is located in the City Center of
Mataram, so visitors need not be confused to look for it. And because it is still in the middle
of the city, other facilities around the mosque will help tourists in getting their needs.
For example, places to eat or restaurants, which are around the area, so tourists who visit can
also take a culinary tour while waiting for the time to enter prayer or other worship.
Lombok Islamic Center Mosque

The Islamic Center mosque of Mataram can accommodate up to 15.000 people and
place of worship of muslim in carrying out the fire daily prayer, sunnah prayers, Friday
prayers, Eid al-Fitri prayer, Eid al-Adha prayer, reading the Qur’an and festival Islamic of
Islamic big day.

Islamic center mosque has beautiful desain. The style of the Islamic Center mosque
typical of West Nusa Tenggara batik, that’s is SaSaMbo tribe (Sasak, Samawa, Mbojo),
which is the thrid largest tribe in West Nusa Tenggara. While around the walls and poles
painted in golden color.

Other facilities to support at the Islamic Center mosque of Mataram are the availability
of a ballroom, educational area, study area, comercial area, Islamic hotel area, and elevator to
get to the top of the ninety nine towers.

Besides being a place of worship, the Islamic Center mosque of Mataram has also
been designated as a hala tourism destination by the government. And besides pilgrims every
day around two hundred foreign tourist and archipelago tourist who can vacation in Lombok
come to pray five time a day. Tourist can go to the top of the tower using an elevator.

The Mataram Islamic Center began to be built since the leadership of governor M. Zainul
Majdi, the plan was realized in 2011 and was inaugurated on December 15, 2013. With
development funds sourced from the budget and CSR funds of PT. Newmont. Built on an area
of 7.6 hectares on the corner of Langko and Udayana roads which are the main lane, it was
built so majestically by combining the characteristics of traditional Lombok and Sumbawa
buildings.
The Islamic Center building is equipped with a tower as high as 99 meters in accordance with
the names of 99 names of Allah (Asma'ul Husna). The tower building was opened as a tourist
attraction to look at the face of the city of Mataram from a height both during the day and
night. Its strategic location in the center of the city of Mataram on the island of Lombok
which in addition has long been famous as a tourist destination by foreign tourists, the island
of Lombok has also long been famous as the island of a thousand mosques, because on this
island it is studded with ancient mosques to charming modern mosques. The term also
represents the religious atmosphere of the local community.
Aside from being a marker of the City of Mataram, the Mataram Islamic Center serves
as a cultural center, religious tourism, art market, and other religious activities. In an effort to
promote religious tourism centered at the Islamic Center, the local government synergizes
local resources including empowering garment craftsmen and wood cukli which are superior
handicraft products in the city of Mataram so that they make various trinkets themed Islamic
Center. Such as key chains, pens, Islamic Center T-shirts, sasak samawa mbojo (sasambo)
batik motifs with Islamic centers, and other accessories. Now the Mataram Islamic Center
Mosque is the largest and most magnificent mosque in the province of West Nusa Tenggara.

The excitement and splendor of this mosque is also increasingly lively when the Fasting
Month arrives. Local tourists and tourists from outside West Nusa Tenggara who are waiting
for the fasting hours usually go up to the tower 99 to ngabuburit.
They can take pictures there while enjoying the atmosphere of Lombok from a height. An
experience like this will definitely be an interesting halal religious tourism experience while
in Lombok and when the breaking fast comes, then they will enjoy Lombok culinary tours
around the mosque.