九龍清真寺

九龍清真寺
Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre or Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre (Traditional Chinese: 九龍清真寺暨伊斯蘭中心) is one of the four principal mosques in Hong Kong. Located 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 prayers daily and is capable of accommodating up to approximately 2000 people.

History
The Kowloon Masjid 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 1970's, 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 in 1984 on the present site at 105 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, to replace the old one.

The Building
The building (Mosque), designed by architect I.M. Kadri, represents the unique identity of Muslim community in Hong Kong. Decorated and elaborated, the traditional Muslim architecture of the Mosque distinguished itself from the rational and modern architecture of the nearby commercial buildings. The most prominent features of the building are the four 11m high minarets which mark the corners of the upper terrace and the extensive use of white marble on both paving and the façade.
In addition to three prayer halls and a community hall, there is a medical clinic and a library. The main prayer hall on the first floor can accommodate 1,000 people. A smaller, women's prayer hall is on the upper floor and is surrounded by a terrace. This upper hall is surmounted by a dome 5m in diameter and 9m in height.


九龍清真寺，正式名稱是九龍清真寺暨伊斯蘭中心，位於九龍尖沙咀，是香港最大的清真寺。
清真寺建於九龍公園旁，鄰近彌敦道及海防道交界。該寺早於1896年便已經存在，九龍公園前身是英軍軍營，曾居有大批南亞裔信奉伊斯蘭教的士兵，因此在軍營內建有清真寺，原址位於今尖沙咀警署處。至1970年代末，當時貫穿尖沙咀的地鐵工程使清真寺出現裂縫，因此在得到地鐵公司賠償後，便於現址重建，過程中還得到海內外的穆斯林捐款支持，現時的建築於1984年重建而成。其建築以大理石建成，風格帶有濃厚的伊斯蘭色彩，四周的窗花樣式多種多樣，在清真寺的正中心有一高逾一層樓的大型水晶燈，而正殿則可容納3500個伊斯蘭教徒。
為了令更多香港市民明白伊斯蘭教及香港的穆斯林社群，九龍清真寺會定期舉行開放日，讓市民入內參觀。