Built in 1881 to tame a neighbourhood notorious for gambling and drinking, the mosque's four main pillars were reportedly set by a mysterious elderly woman while nobody was looking. The yellow ironwood minaret is a distinct Kalimantan-Muslim take on the pagoda. Take a boat (25,000Rp, five minutes) from the main river dock direct to the mosque in Samarinda Seberang.
Masjid Shirathal Mustaqiem
Kalimantan
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