Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/09
By: Hau Hsueh-chin and Joseph Yeh
Taichung, Dec. 9 (CNA) Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) on Sunday honored an
Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇, fifth left)
Indonesian migrant worker whose fund-raising efforts over a 10-year period helped establish the first mosque in Pingtung County earlier this year.
At celebrations in Taichung to mark International Migrants Day, Hsu paid tribute to the worker known as Muksin, the founder of the An-Nur Tongkang Mosque (東港清真寺) in southeastern Taiwan.
Muksin, who has been working as a fisherman in Pingtung’s Donggang Township since 1999, embarked on a goal to establish a mosque in the township for the many Indonesian Muslim fishermen there, Hsu said.
After years of fundraising and trying to find a suitable site, Muksin and his compatriots in Taiwan managed to obtain NT$7 million to establish the An-Nur Tongkang Mosque on Xingyu Street (興漁街), which can accommodate 120 worshipers, Hsu said.
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