WNAM MONITORING: Masjid Nourul Ehsaan is the second largest mosque in Vietnam. It is not only a place of worship for Muslims of the ethnic Cham, but also an interesting cultural and tourist place in Dong Nai province. Built in 2006 in Xuan Hung commune, Xuan Loc district, Masjid Nourul Ehsaan has typical Muslim architecture with domed structures.
The rectangular-shaped mosque in white and blueish green faces west, in the direction of Mecca, which Muslims are supposed to face while performing their prayers. The mosque has four pointed towers at the four corners of its roof. In the middle on the top of the mosque is a minaret crowned with an onion dome. On the top of the minaret is a crescent moon and a five-pointed star, the symbol of Muslim.
