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Al-Kauthar Mosque

mosque in Malaysia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ7304738 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Al-Kauthar Mosque (Malay: Masjid Al-Kauthar), also known as Masjid Besar Tawau, is a Sunni mosque, located in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.

Overview

Built in 1997 and completed in 2002, it is the largest mosque in the state of Sabah, with a capacity that can accommodate from 16,000 to 17,000 worshippers. The mosque was opened in 2004, officiated by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the time, Syed Sirajuddin Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Al-Kauthar Mosque” as mosque in Malaysia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Al-Kauthar, Mosque and mosque.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2002, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Al-Kauthar, Mosque and mosque providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Al-Kauthar Mosque”, the useful work is to connect “mosque in Malaysia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7304738. Authority coordinates are 4.243, 117.894. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997, 2002 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Al-Kauthar Mosque” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.