Menara Kudus Mosque (also called Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Masjid Al-Manar) is a mosque built by Sunan Kudus in 1549 AD or the year 956 Hijri Baitul Maqdis using stones from the Palestinians as the first stone. The mosque is located in the village Kauman, city districts, counties Kudus, Central Java. The mosque is uniquely shaped, because it has a similar tower of the temple. This mosque is a blend of Islamic culture with Hindu culture.
Tower of the Holy Mosque is one of the relics of history, as evidence of the spread of Islam in the Land of Java. This mosque is unique because the design of the building, which is an amalgamation of Hindu Culture and Islamic Culture. As we know, before Islam, Java has evolved in Buddhism and Hinduism with the legacy of temples and temple. In addition there is the worship of the Spirit Ancestors (Animism) and reliance on objects (dynamism). Tower of the Holy Mosque into evidence, how a combination of Islamic Culture and Hindu culture has produced a building that was unique and high-style architecture. A building of mosques, but with the tower in the form of temples and various other ornaments of the Hindu style.
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