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Pardi Karliza (Acehnese researcher) is standing at Lebuh Achèh street name pole in Georgetown, Penang Island. There was where Acehnese mosque built gloriously in the location.  An Acehnese Mosque located in the center of Georgetown, Penang Island, was very heart-touching place to visit. It made me proud to be an Acehnese generation. The mosque was built by Tunku Syed Hussein Al-Idid, a politically influential Acehnese kingdom prince and rich merchant, in 1808 after his arrival in 1792. The Masjid Jamiek built with Moorish style (combinations between Indian, Egyptian, and Chinese styles) and roofed with Meru, not with a half square dome in usual. In the mosque’s yard, noble dead bodies of him and his family were buried.  Pardi Karliza (Acehnese researcher) posed in front of Masjid Jamiek Lebuh Acheh in Georgetown, Penang Island. The mosque built on donated land and fund of Tunku Syed Hussein Idid, a politically influential Acehnese kingdom prince and rich merchant, in 180

    Image:  https://www.pexels.com This time, I would like to share to you one of my favorite songs written by Imum John, a song-writer, singer and former Acehnese fighter. He emotionally presented an Acehnese language song entitled “Gasèh Sayang Prang” literally means “Loving while in the Warfare”.  He wrote this song when struggling for an absolute Acehnese independence after being colonized for almost 5 decades by Javanese colonialism. He successfully depicted his emotions and feelings of being far away from his sweetheart while surviving in the battlefield in between death or life.            Gasèh Sayang Prang Han padok mata ka deüngon awan (The eyes are never blocked by the cloud) Di mata intan, gata dèüh sabéë (In my eyes, Oh sweetheart, you are always visible) Nan tèüh mèüsalôp lam jiwa badan (Your name is covered over my soul) Mèünan kèüh yum ban, gata di hatè (That is your excellence in my heart) Gata mèukéë sang-sang bulèuën trang (You are carved like the m

Muzium Kesenian Islam (Islamic Art Museum) Malaysia Islamic Art Museum, located in KL center, was a first and impressing place to visit. This Museum was contained with Islamic kingdom, knowledge, cultural, historical, art properties collection and everything related to Islamic art.  The first room I is a room with full of glorious Islamic mosques built in the era of Islamic kingdoms that can be visited and still preserved around the world. They are: Syeikh Sayed Grand Mosque (Abu Dhabi) built with Italian, Germany, Austrian, Turkish, Iranian, and Chinese construction’s materials, Dome of Rock Mosque (Jerusalem), The Great Umayya Mosque (Damascus), Ibnu Tulun Mosque (Egypt), Kalyan Mosque (Bukhara), Bibi Khanum Mosque (Uzbekiztan), The Court of the Lion Mosque (Spain), Khudja Ahmad Yasawi Mosque (Kazakhstan), Gur’imir Complex Mosque (Samarkhan), Nabawi Mosque (Medina), Western Great Mosque (China), Taj Mahal (India), Badhasahi Mosque (China), Djenne Mosque (Mali), Selemi

Kampung Acheh (Acehnese village) is located in Yan, Keudah, Malaysia. According to people living there, the numbers of villagers are 170, included 100 Malay and 70 Acehnese. The Acehnese Islamic scholars and religionists who moved from Aceh were the first people resided in the village. They moved to the place because chased, hunted and humiliated by Dutch. They were using small boats to across the sea in 1890 and successfully anchored in Keudah seashore and some of boats went along the side Sungai Petani (Petani River). They were using their voyage knowledge in interpreting stars as direction marker to arrive directly where they intend to. After successfully anchored, with their some valuable properties such as golden and silver jewelries, Ulama with the family started a new life and created Islamic civilization there by cleaning and planting the lands with peppers, rice and many plants. Besides that, they also conducted financial business with Malay people and built mos