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View all search resultsBatam mosque sets out to build highest building in Nagoya CBD
In marking Idul Fitri this year, a local mosque foundation has announced an expansion project that aims to build the tallest structure in Batam's Lubuk Baja district, more commonly known as the Nagoya central business district.
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Sunlight illumines the Jabal Arafah Mosque and its integrated facility, including the highest building (left) of the Nagoya central business district in Batam city, Riau Islands province, in this artist's impression released by the mosque's Arafah Batam Foundation on March 21, 2026. (Courtesy of Asman Abnur/-)
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he Nagoya central business district (CBD) in Batam, the Riau Islands, known as the city's business, trade and entertainment hub, is set to build a new architectural icon: its tallest building.
The new building is located in a facility integrated with the Jabal Arafah Mosque, which is part of the ambition Kota Madani (civilized city) vision announced on Saturday by the by Arafah Batam Foundation, which manages the mosque.
“Pray for us, we are finalizing a plot of land to the right of the mosque," Asman Abnur, who heads the foundation’s board of patrons, told worshipers gathered at the three-story mosque prior to Idul Fitri prayers.
“Inshallah, we will build the highest building in Nagoya,” he added.
Asman explained that aside from aiming to be Batam's highest building, the planned structure aimed to realize the Kota Madani concept pioneered under mayor Nyat Kadir in 2001-2005, whom he had served as vice mayor.
The former mayor died in September 2024, aged 75.
As a symbol of modern religiosity, the new building would be topped with a dome to reflect the identity of civilized Islam, said Asman, who was administrative and bureaucratic reforms minister in 2016-2018, during the first term of president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
