| Taluksangay Mosque | |
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Masjid sin Taluksangay مَسْجِدْ سِنْ تَلُكْسَڠَيْ | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Zamboanga City,Philippines |
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| Coordinates | 6°57′2″N122°10′53″E / 6.95056°N 122.18139°E /6.95056; 122.18139 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Completed | 1885 |
| Minaret | 2 |
TheTaluksangay Mosque (Tausug:Masjid sin Taluksangay) was built by Hadji Abdullah Maas Nuno in 1885 in theBarangay Taluksangay,Zamboanga City, thePhilippines. It is the oldestmosque inZamboanga Peninsula.
Taluksangay was the first center ofIslamic propagation in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Muslim religious missionaries from Arabia, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo have been flocking to this village. A representative of the Sultan of Turkey (Sheik-Al Islam) visited this place in later part of 1914.At the height of the MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) military conflict in 1973, members of the Quadripartite Committee, GeneralsFidel V. Ramos and Romeo Espino, visited Taluksangay village. Even at the height of trouble during the 1970s, tourists continued to arrive in this historical village.
The majority of the inhabitants of Taluksangay areMuslims the descendants of theSama Banguingui who were branded by history as pirates of Southeast Asia, but never conquered.[1]
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