The Last Qur’an Recitation in Cianjur

The Cianjur earthquake killed 318 people and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings.

Linda Trianita

November 28, 2022

IT was midday on Monday, November 21. A midday prayer congregation had just been served at the Nurul Huda Mosque, led by Hasan Basri. The mosque was located at Ciwaru hamlet, Gasol village, Cugenang, Cianjur Regency, West Java. As Hassan, a 77-year-old religious elder, was fervently meditating in his post-prayer supplication, the mosque’s roof and walls suddenly fell down instantly. At that very moment, an earthquake rocked Cianjur and its

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