The newly acclaimed Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu, a so-called emerging metropolitan from once a fishing town is proud to present, the latest Islamic civilisational theme-park, Taman Tamadun Islam. With Crystal Mosque as its main attraction. It will also contain replicas of various famous mosques around the world, probably including the previously blogged Topkapi and Al-Aqsa.
Will it rival the not-so-famous Crystal Cathedral of Garden Grove California, the so-called largest cathedral in the world, by Robert Schuller the infamous televangelist cum megachurch pastor?
Or locally would it rival our ever controversial Ma Tzu statue in Kudat, the RM10 million so called convention centre owned by one of our Malaysian megachurches, or probably Madano Indonesia's largest (in Asia) Jesus statue in the whole of Asia, costing USD611k.
I always fall into wonder of why people, especially in Asia are so obsessed with creating the cliched biggest, largest, world-class religious icons and buildings, as if God lives in statues and buildings, limiting God's glory and majesty to fit into man-made architecture?
Probably it is just a product of sectarian cultural pride?
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