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| Sabah Floating Mosque |
Located about 3 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu City, the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque or famous known as Sabah Floating Mosque is the largest mosque in Kota Kinabalu City and is even possibly the most beautiful in Malaysia. The architectural design was based on the Nabawi Mosque, the second holliest site in Islam, in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The dome is blue and gold, inspired by similiar Arabic architecture.
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| Paddle Boats Rides was introduced in 2008. |
It has a maximum capacity of 12,000 worshipers. The mosque features an ATM, souvenirs shop, a palliative care clinic and in a joint project with Unversiti Malaysia Sabah - a fish farm. In 2008, the mosque introduced paddle boat rides, from which visitors could see the mosque from the water, a mosque committee member stated that this was to "make the mosque more relevant to the community's life encompassing religion, economy and social aspects".
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| Souvenir Shop |
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| Rules to obey before entering the mosque. |
The mosque may be visited by non- Muslims, except during prayers. No entrance fee would be charged but visitors are required to wear modest clothing. There would be Jubah for rent in the souvenir shop in only RM 2.00 per jubah. Men, Women and kids are available.
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