At-Taqwa Mosque

The mosque development was started by an Indonesian-Taiwanese couple who own an Indonesian shop around the area where most of the Indonesian workers work at the factories or in households.{{cite web|last=al-Fatih|first=Muhammad|date=4 June 2013|url=http://www.dakwatuna.com/2013/06/04/34395/masjid-at-taqwa-masjid-ke-7-di-taiwan-masjid-indonesia-pertama-di-taiwan|title=Masjid At-Taqwa: Masjid ke-7 di Taiwan, Masjid Indonesia Pertama di Taiwan|publisher=dakwatuna.com|accessdate=21 April 2014|language=id|trans-title=At-Taqwa Mosque: 7th Mosque in Taiwan, 1st Indonesian Mosque in Taiwan}}{{cite web|last=Hernandha|first=Rahmandhika Firdauzha Hary|date=7 January 2017|title=At Taqwa: Ikon Perjuangan Islam dari Indonesia untuk Taiwan|trans-title=At-Taqwa: The Symbol of Struggle from Indonesia for Taiwan|url=https://www.goodnewsfromindonesia.id/2017/01/07/at-taqwa-ikon-perjuangan-islam-dari-indonesia-untuk-taiwan|url-status=live|website=Good News from Indonesia|language=id|accessdate=28 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627024036/https://www.goodnewsfromindonesia.id/2017/01/07/at-taqwa-ikon-perjuangan-islam-dari-indonesia-untuk-taiwan |archive-date=27 June 2017 }} They purchased empty land beside their shop to build a mosque. With the help of funding and lending from various organizations, the mosque could finally be constructed a year later. The mosque was officially opened on 9 June 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kmitw.org/2013/05/undangan-peresmian-masjid-at-taqwa-dayuan-taiwan/ |title=[UNDANGAN] Peresmian Masjid At-Taqwa, Dayuan, Taiwan : Keluarga Muslim Indonesia di Taiwan (KMIT) |publisher=Kmitw.org |accessdate=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208010652/http://www.kmitw.org/2013/05/undangan-peresmian-masjid-at-taqwa-dayuan-taiwan/ |archivedate=8 December 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20130908000358-260102|date=8 September 2013|first=依珍|last=蔡|title=賣便當 蓋清真寺|script-work=zh:中時新聞網|trans-work=China Times|accessdate=19 November 2016|language=zh|trans-title=Sell Convenience Goods and Built Mosque}} On 24 April 2016, the Taiwan Muslim Association (TMA; {{zh|t=台湾輔導穆斯林協會|p=Táiwān Fǔdǎo Mùsīlín Xiéhuì}}) was established and headquartered at the mosque.{{cite web|url=http://taiwanmuslim.com/en/about/about-tma/|title=About TMA|website=Taiwan Muslim Association|accessdate=28 May 2018|archive-date=15 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015200348/http://taiwanmuslim.com/en/about/about-tma/|url-status=dead}}

Beside hosting the normal five compulsory daily prayers for Muslims, the mosque also regularly holds classes, such as Mandarin language. The mosque also hosts the branch office of the Zakat foundation Dompet Peduli Ummat Daarut Tauhiid (DPU DT) in early 2017.{{cite web|last=Muftisany|first=Hafidz|date=21 February 2017|url=http://khazanah.republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/wakaf/17/02/21/olpeer388-dpu-dt-buka-kantor-cabang-di-taiwan|title=DPU DT Buka Kantor Cabang di Taiwan|work=Khazanah|publisher=Republika|accessdate=7 August 2017|language=id|trans-title=DPU DT Opened Branch Office in Taiwan}} It is also the headquarters of the Taiwan Muslim Association ({{zh|t=臺灣輔導穆斯林協會|p=Táiwān Fǔdǎo Mùsīlín Xiéhuì}}).{{cite web|url=http://taiwanmuslim.com/en/contact/|title=Contact|website=Taiwan Muslim Association|accessdate=28 May 2018|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910032936/http://taiwanmuslim.com/en/contact|url-status=dead}}

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This 130 square metre mosque is 26 meters in length and five meters in width. The building consists of three stories, in which the first story is dedicated for the male prayer hall, the second story is for the female prayer hall and guest room, and the third floor is for classes and dormitories.{{cite web|last=al-Fatih|first=Muhammad|date=4 June 2013|url=http://www.dakwatuna.com/2013/06/04/34395/masjid-at-taqwa-masjid-ke-7-di-taiwan-masjid-indonesia-pertama-di-taiwan/|title=Masjid At-Taqwa: Masjid ke-7 di Taiwan, Masjid Indonesia Pertama di Taiwan|work=Dakwa Tuna|accessdate=21 April 2014|language=id|trans-title=At-Taqwa Mosque: The 7th Mosque in Taiwan, the 1st Indonesian Mosque in Taiwan}}

At-Taqwa Mosque is accessible north west from Dayuan Station of the Taoyuan Metro.

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