Lautze Mosque, Chinese-style mosque in Karang Anyar, Indonesia.
Lautze Mosque occupies two adjacent shop lots in Karang Anyar, Central Jakarta, with a red, yellow and green exterior in Chinese architectural style. The ground floor holds the main prayer hall, the upper floor a second prayer hall and the wudu area, and the top floor the administration office. It can accommodate up to 300 worshippers.
The Haji Abdul Karim Oei Foundation established this place of worship in 1991 from a single shop space, with an expansion to adjacent lots in 1994. This growth reflected growing needs of the Chinese Muslim community in the area.
The mosque is run by the Haji Abdul Karim Oei Foundation, named after the Chinese Indonesian nationalist Abdul Karim Oei Tjeng Hien. Its nameplate was put up outside the building in 2018. It draws ethnic Chinese Indonesians who have embraced Islam and serves as a meeting point for the community in Sawah Besar.
The mosque occupies two adjacent shop lots and can hold up to 300 worshippers. The ground floor holds the main prayer hall, the upper floor the additional prayer hall and the wudu area, and the top floor the administration office. It is a short walk northeast of Sawah Besar Station.
The building deliberately avoids traditional Islamic features like domes or minarets, instead using entirely Chinese architectural forms. This choice makes it a rare example of how two architectural traditions merge in a place of worship.
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