The
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is the second main mosque in
Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah,
Malaysia, after
State Mosque in Sembulan. Preparations for the mosque began in 1989, and after several delays it was officially opened in 2000 and nicknamed "The Floating Mosque" as it sits on a man-made lagoon. The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque has room for 12,000 worshipers.
Photograph: Uwe Aranas