Abuzz with Controversies

Renovation of Bandungs Grand Mosque is near completion. The presence of the mosque has been controversial as it is considered to have encroached upon the town square.

April 29, 2003

FOR several years Siti Fatimah, 55, did not visit Bandung, the municipality known as the City of Flowers, where she spent her youth in the 1970s. The town square (alun-alun) on Jalan Asia Afrika used to be her favorite place to visit. When she intended to visit Bandung again, this town square was one of her destinations. Unfortunately, she was greatly surprised to find the place completely changed. I found a giant building with two strange minare

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