A floating mosque on the Sarawak River, to be built starting next year, will be another attraction in the capital city.

State Tourism Minister Abang Johari Openg said the proposed mosque would be an extension to the historical Indian Muslim Mosque located between India Street and Gambier Street in the city centre in Kuching.

Speaking to reporters in Kuching yesterday, he said the mosque would symbolise religious harmony in the city as it would be located near a Chinese temple and an Anglican church.

“This (religious harmony) is one of the features we have that we want to share with our visitors,” he said, adding that specific details including the cost of the project would be announced in due time.

Abang Johari said the idea to build such a mosque was conceived by Sarawak Yang Dipertua Negeri Abdul Taib Mahmud to reflect multi-ethnic Sarawakians’ high religious tolerance despite practising different religions.

- Bernama