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The Tun Abdul Aziz Mosque or ''Masjid Tun Abdul Aziz'' or also known as ''Masjid Bulat'' (Round Mosque) is a mosque in
Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya (), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a Satellite city, satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, it is part of the G ...
,
Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...
,
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. The mosque is located in Section 14 at the junctions between Jalan Semangat and Jalan Dato' Abdul Aziz. The mosque was constructed between 1975 and 1977, and is in the
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style. The mosque was officially opened on 31 July 1977 by the Almarhum
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the Sultan of Selangor from 1960, and the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) from 1999, un ...
of Selangor. It was named after Tun Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid, a former
Menteri Besar head of government, Heads of government in Malaysia's many states of Malaysia, states take on various titles. Seven out of nine in the Peninsular Malaysia, Peninsular who each have Monarchies of Malaysia, historical monarchs are known as the Men ...
(Chief Minister) of Selangor from 1955 to 1956 and also the first
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from 1957 to 1964 and then
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(Governor) of Malacca from 1971 to 1975.


See also

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Islam in Malaysia Islam in Malaysia is represented by the Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam, Sunni jurisprudence.


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External links


Tun Abdul Aziz Mosque website
1977 establishments in Malaysia Mosques in Selangor Mosques completed in 1977 Petaling Jaya {{Malaysia-mosque-stub