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The Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, or Iron Mosque (Malay: Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin or Masjid Besi) is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia after Putra Mosque. It is located in Putrajaya's Presint 3, next to Millennium Monument. Construction began since April 2004 and was fully completed on August 2009. It was officially opened on Friday at the eve of the month of Ramadhan 1430 Hijra.

The mosque was built to cater to approximately 24,000 residents including the government servants working around the city center as well as areas within Presint 2, 3, 4 and 18. Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque's area is twice that of Putra Mosque, which is located 2.2 kilometers north. The mosque was officially opened on 4 September 2009 by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. Its construction was done by Ahmad Zaki Resources Berhad (AZRB) a well known public listed Malay contractor which not only have projects in Malaysia but also in India and Saudi Arabia as well.

The "Iron Mosque" features a district cooling system, and without assembly of fans or an air conditioning system. The mosque employs "Architectural Wire Mesh" imported from Germany and China, which is also constructed at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, as well as the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The main entrance is reinforced with Glass Reinforced Concrete to increase the integrity of the structure and uses fine glass to create an illusion of a white mosque from afar.

When completed, the path towards the mosque will cross a skyway known as the Kiblat Walk which stretches an area of 13,639 m². This skyway contains landscaping adapted from the ancient castles of Alhambra. The interior will be decorated with Al-Asmaul-Husna calligraphy of the Thuluth variation. The entrance to the main prayer hall will be adorned with verse 80 of Sura Al-Isra from the Qur'an.

This is also added with the Mihrab wall made of 13 meter-high glass panel imported from Germany inscribed with 2 verses from Sura Al-Baqarah on the right-hand side and Sura Ibrahim on the left. The mihrab wall is designed so that no light will be reflected, creating an illusion that the verses are floating on air. The 40-feet long edges of the mosque's roof are able to shelter the people praying outside of the main prayer hall from rain.


Contact
Aras 4-9 Blok D7,
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62519
Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya,
Malaysia.
Telefon : 03-8886 4000
www.islam.gov.my