Today, Baiturrahman Mosque stands as a testament to Aceh's survival. "The mosque is very, very important," Mr Suratin said. "They say the mosque that is still there, for them it is like a miracle.

A composite image made available on 23 December 2024 shows the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque area covered by debris after the Asian tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 26 December 2004 (top) and people ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—Devastated a decade ago by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Indonesian province of Aceh has turned in its recovery to religion and strict Shariah law. Many Acehnese say the ...

Muslim clerics, tsunami survivors and rescue workers led around 7000 mourners gathered at Banda Aceh's black-domed Baiturrahman Grand Mosque for memorial prayers late on Thursday.

The Aceh Tsunami memorial event was scheduled on the official website of the Aceh provincial government. The Cultural and Tourism Office of Aceh on Dec. 16-17 held the Smong Festival to commemorate ...

Residents pray on Dec. 26, 2024 at the Ulee Lheue mass grave for victims of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Banda Aceh, Aceh, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that killed more than 170,000 ...

2005-12-25 04:00:00 PDT Banda Aceh, Indonesia-- The morality enforcers, a squad of men clad in green trousers and white shirts and women in white head scarves, stride on to this provincial capital ...

Women walk at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on December 25, 2024, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. (AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba) ...

LEFT January 4, 2005: Devastation in front of the Mesjid Raya Baiturrahman mosque in Banda Aceh. RIGHT December 12, 2014: Taman Sari park in front of the mosque.

SINGAPORE – Two decades after a tsunami devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, survivors told Singapore’s Malay-language daily Berita Harian (BH) how they rebuilt their lives in a ...

On a flattened landscape in Banda Aceh, surrounded by debris, the Baiturrahman Mosque stood tall. In the days that followed the devastating 2004 tsunami, the mosque provided shelter for the ...