BENTONG: Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah today officiated at the Kampung Baru Mosque here, which was renamed the Tunku Azizah Iskandar Mosque.
She was accompanied by Pahang Regent Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail and other leaders from the state government were also present.
Her Majesty, in her speech, expressed her appreciation for naming the mosque in her honour.
“To the state government also, thank you for building this beautiful mosque,” she said, referring to the mosque built in 2020 at a cost of RM5 million.
At the ceremony, Her Majesty also spent time greeting and handing donations to the local residents.
The Queen then performed the Maghrib, Isyak, and Terawih prayers at the mosque, which can accommodate over 1,000 congregants.
Meanwhile, Pahang Local Government, Housing, Environment, and Green Technology Committee chairman Datuk Seri Johari Harun said in his speech that since 2018, 15 new mosques have been built in the state, involving an allocation of RM58.4 million.
He said there were still 16 mosques under construction with an allocation of RM47.1 million, while another 17 would be built at a cost of RM80 million. – BERNAMA
