In quran chapter 72 (surah al-jin) verse 18 “And (He revealed) that the masjids are for Allah , so do not invoke with Allah anyone “. In Islam, the mosque is religious icon where main fuction of mosque are praying and social activities. The other side, the mosque use to battle for fighting colonial (dutch) when Aceh war break out in 1873. One of the ancient mosque in Aceh is Sungai Raya Mosque in Keude Sungai Raya.
All ancient mosques in Aceh, it were built by wood construction and old architecture. The Sungai Raya Mosque has four wood buffer and square roof. It have six windows with semi-circle in the top ( It look like as sun rise). That mosque also have two door, but we cannot find mibar for khutbah. I think the mimbar (place for speaking) has been moved to a new mosque in the front old mosque. Unfortunely, that mosque broken because it didn’t have attention from local government.
Based on information from people in Sungai Raya, that mosque was built by Syarif Aqil Shahabuddin in 1850, but it was renovated from year to year. We hope for Aceh government to give more attention for ancient mosque in Aceh because this is our asset.