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Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre
Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre or Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre () is second among five principal mosques constructed in Hong Kong, China.〔http://www.islam.org.hk/eng/E-HKmosque.asp〕 Located in Kowloon at the corner of Nathan Road and Haiphong Road next to Kowloon Park, the mosque is currently the largest Islamic house of worship in the city. The mosque holds 5 prayers daily and is capable of accommodating up to approximately 3,500 people.
==History==
The Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre was first established in 1896, on the site where the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station now stands. It was originally intended to serve the Indian Muslim troops of the British army stationed at nearby Whitfield Barracks, now the site of the adjacent Kowloon Park.
In the late 1970s, the building suffered structural defects due to the underground construction carried out for the Mass Transit Railway. With the compensation given by Mass Transit Railway Corporation and donations from Muslims, a new Mosque was built and was open on 11 May 1984 on the present site at 105 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, to replace the old one.
Currently, the mosque primarily serves Muslims with origin from South Asia. Many of them live around the mosque area nearby Chung Ching Mansion where ethnic minorities have settled. This also explains why Kowloon Mosque also play an important role as cultural site for non-Chinese Muslims in Hong Kong.〔https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/16773/ISIM_10_Contested_Mosques_in_Hong_Kong.pdf?sequence=1〕
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