Musjid Cut Meutia
Musjid Cut Meutia
- Cut Meutia Musjid is located at Jalan Cut Meutia No. 1, Menteng, Central Jakarta. This Musjid building is one of the historical legacies from the era of Dutch colonial rule. Originally, the building served as an office for an architecture and development firm called N.V. De Bauploeg, which was completed in 1912.
- Over time, long before it was used as a Musjid, the building was used as a post office, the office of the Dutch Railway Administration, and the office of the Japanese Navy’s Kempetai.
- After Indonesia’s independence, this building was used as the office of the Mayor of Central Jakarta, the Regional Drinking Water Company, a post office, and the Jakarta Housing Department. It even served as the office of the Provisional People’s Consultative Assembly (MPRS), which was led at the time by General A.H. Nasution.
- After the MPRS office was moved to Senayan, A.H. Nasution did not want the building to be used again as an office. He proposed that the building be repurposed for the local community as a Musjid, as there were still few Musjids around Kebun Sirih.
- However, the building did not immediately become a Musjid. A.H. Nasution first established the Cut Meutia Youth Musjid in 1984 to promote the Musjid and manage the needs of the congregation.
- Three years later, the building was officially converted into a place of worship for Muslims, namely Cut Meutia Musjid, through the Governor of DKI Jakarta’s Decree No. 5184/1987 dated August 18, 1987, when the governor of DKI Jakarta was R. Soeprapto, who served as the 9th governor from 1982 to 1987.
