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Foto Indahnya Ramadhan 2010 di Penjuru Dunia

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With the Dome of the Rock Mosque seen in the background, a Palestinian Muslim worshiper prays during the third Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

A Bahraini man points skyward at dusk Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in Hamad Town, Bahrain, towards where a slim crescent moon should be visible to indicate the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer, fasting and charitable giving. Clouds hampered skywatchers in the Persian Gulf island nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Kashmiri Muslims pray on a street on the third Friday of Ramadan, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The crescent moon is seen near mosques in old Cairo on the fifth day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)

A Pakistani volunteer pours milk into glasses for devotees to break their fast during Muslims’ holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

Muslim girls offer prayers before having their Iftar (fast-breaking) meal during the holy month of Ramadan at a madrasa on the outskirts of Jammu on August 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta)

Shop owner Boualem Bensalem (left) prays in his flat with family and friends before for Iftar meal in Geneva, Switzerland on August 23, 2010. Switzerland is home to some 311,000 Muslims (4.3% of the population). (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

A Muslim man performs ablution before prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the London Muslim Centre on August 18, 2010 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A man prays during Ramadan Jummah prayer at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C. on August 13, 2010. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Indonesian chefs make miniature chocolate mosques for sale during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a chocolate shop in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Thousands of Muslims gather in the Grand Mosque, in Islam’s holiest city of Mecca and home to the Kaaba (center), as they take part in dawn (fajir) prayers on August 29, 2010, to start their day-long fast during the holy month or Ramadan. (AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)

A Muslim man places a chart which marks the times to pray on a wall during the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in the southern Spanish town of Estepona, near Malaga August 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)

Muslim men pray before Iftar, the evening meal in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the London Muslim Centre on August 18, 2010 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The shadow of a Palestinian Muslim praying at "fajr" or early morning prayer is cast on a pole, during the month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Indonesian women pray during the first night of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 10, 2010. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian Muslim man reads from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on "fajr" or early morning prayer, during Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Flood-affected people break their fast on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in a camp in Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Pakistani flood survivors, already short on food and water, began the fasting month of Ramadan on Thursday, a normally festive, social time marked this year by misery and fears of an uncertain future. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

A rainbow is seen as a Palestinian sprays water on Muslim worshipers leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to cool them off as the temperature rises, following the second Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Children run around inside the premises of Jama mosque after Friday afternoon prayers in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A child sits with a plate of food that was distributed as part of the holy month of Ramadan, at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

WOW ! Masjid Terapung Di Atas Laut Pertama Di Indonesia

Satu lagi masjid moderen akan hadir di Kota Makassar. Adalah Masjid 99 Al-Makazzary yang berdiri di atas laut Pantai Losari, diklaim sebagai masjid terapung pertama di Indonesia dengan memadukan konsep religius dan wisata.

Gambar Masjid 99 Al-Makazzary tentunya akan memerkaya khasanah land mark Kota Makassar dan wisata religius di Kota Anging Mammiri ini. Tak hanya sebagai masjid terapung, perpaduan konsep wisata dan religius yang diusungnya mengundang decak kagum Menteri Agama (Menag) Suryadharma Ali.
Masjid yang rencananya akan dibangun tiga lantai, selain berfungsi sebagai sarana ibadah, juga akan menjadi tempat wisata. Satu lantai, yakni di bawah kubahnya, bisa ditempati warga melakukan reakreasi khususnya melihat sunset Pantai Losari yang kini masih menempati deretan sunset terindah di Indonesia.
Wali Kota Makassar Ilham Arief Sirajuddin menguraikan, masjid yang diberi nama 99 Al-Makazzary itu berdiri di atas air laut seluas 1.608 meter dengan menggunakan 164 tiang. Pengerjaannya, kata Ilham, sudah berjalan sejak dirinya dilantik menjadi wali kota di periode keduanya, 8 Mei 2009.
“Bangunannya ada tiga lantai, dua lantai diperuntukkan untuk sarana ibadah atau tempat salat. Satu lantai di bawah kuba,itu bisa berfungsi sebagai tempat rekreasi. Dan tentu di lantai itu akan dijadikan juga tempat melihat hilal (penetuan awal Ramadan),” ujar Ilham saat memberikan laporan ke Menag Suryadharma Ali di Pantai Losari, Jumat kemarin.
Ilham, yang juga inisiator pembangunan masjid itu menambahkan, total dana yang akan digunakan mencapai Rp7 miliar. Rp3 miliar diantaranya khusus dialokasikan untuk pembangunan pelataran, termasuk tiang masjid.
Kendati anggarannya tidak sedikit, namun Ilham mengaku, hingga saat ini, dana pembangunan awal yang digunakan belum ada dari pemerintah baik lewat APBN, APBD provinsi maupun APBD Kota Makassar. Pasalnya, semenjak gagasan itu diwacanakan, sudah ada yang memberikan apresiasi, termasuk mantan Wakil Presiden RI Jusuf Kalla (JK).
“Semua pengecoran itu ditanggung Pak JK melalui Group Hadji Kalla dan berbagai donatur. Tapi kami berharap, kedatangan Menteri Agama mungkin bisa memulai bantuan pemerintah,” pinta Ilham sambil pandangannya tertuju ke Suryadharma yang disambut applaus sejumlah undangan.
Suryadharma Ali, yang melakukan pengecoran perdana mengaku sangat mendukung langkah Ilham merealisasikan pembangunan masjid tersebut yang dianggapnya pertama di Indonesia dengan memadukan konsep pariwisata. Tak hanya memuji, Suryadharma yang datang bersama sejumlah pejabat Kementerian Agama dan atase Kedubes Arab Saudi Syek Ibrahim, berjanji memberikan bantuan pembangunan, termasuk alat moderen untuk melihat hilal.
“Saya tidak khawatir masjid ini pembangunannya tidak berjalan. Kalau sudah ada nama-nama Kalla (Group Hadji Kalla), itu sudah berjalan. Agak risih rasanya kalau kita nyumbang,” tambah Suryadharma dengan nada bercanda.