Reuters India, 18 Feb 2009, Kash Cheong
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Rooftop gardens, a shiny aluminium exterior and an environmentally friendly design: this is not a new mall in Singapore, but a mosque that is trying to put a modern face on a traditional faith.
The Al-Mawaddah mosque, a S$14 million ($9 million) space-age structure in a new housing estate, is due to open next month, and is one of several in this Southeast Asian city-state that has a Muslim population of around 15 percent.
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