Ever since I was a child, my mom always stressed about the importance of mosque in our life as a muslim. No wonder it becomes my highlight when I had my mini-Indochina trip to Malaysia-Vietnam-Cambodia last April-May.This is the first mosque that I visited, and it is in Malacca, Malaysia. Masjid Selat Melaka (the Malay […]

Yesterday I climbed the 99 m high minaret of Masjid Al-Akbar (Masjid Agung) Surabaya. It represents 99 names of Allah, Asmaul Husna. To me 99 names of Allah are a reminder of best qualities that lies in ourselves, that if we can use it properly, it will elevate us to see life in a different perspective. […]

Spent the first day of Ramadan fasting in Moscow for 19 hours. What an experience! It was tough but the cold breeze helps a lot :D Lucky for me to be able to join iftar and pray at a Mushalla in Indonesian Embassy in Moscow.  +OL

Tatarstan Mosque in Moscow, Russia. I prayed Dhuha at the women section and because nobody’s there, we tiptoed to take picture of the main prayer room. When we about to go out, we can’t. Because apparently we’re locked from the outside. After calling out people from the Masjid’s window, finally the Imam open the Masjid’s […]

Beautiful Nur Mubarak Mosque in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Unfortunately we had to pray at Imam’s office, because women section is renovated and I certainly can’t say to my local Almaty Muslimah friends to pray behind men at the main hall.  +OL

There’s always a weird sense of excitement, sadness, longing and loss felt on the night when everyone is out looking for the moon. A sighting would imply Eid the next day, no sighting means another night of Taraweeh and another day of fasting. The picture below shows the Imam of the mosque announcing that the […]

Babul Ilm is one of very few Shia mosques in the city. My aim was to experience as many variations of Islamic practice as possible and this would’ve been incomplete without visiting a Shia mosque. I was unaware of the size of the Shia community in Pakistan, it is around 10-15% of their population. Most […]