Indonesian businessman family turn Church into Mosque in Los Angeles, USA

[Indos]

The businessman family who has one of the largest coal mining companies in Indonesia, PT Adaro Energy, and his brother which has Mahaka Group build a mosque in Los Angeles, USA

@Bilal9 you are in LA right ?

 

[Indos]

Their father, Haji Thohir, who has passed away is one of the two main founders of Astra International.

One of the subdiary company of Astra International

 

[Isotope]

Only in beautiful America. God bless and long live USA.

 

[Indos]

Look like there are many Indonesian Muslim lives in the heart of Los Angeles. This land is not cheap, right in the center of LA.

Most Indonesian who migrated to USA is Christian (80 %)

• Christianity (predominant) 80%
• Islam 15%
• Buddhism 4%
• Hindu Dharma 1%

Indonesian Americans - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bilal9]

Look like there are many Indonesian Muslim lives in the heart of Los Angeles. This land is not cheap, right in the center of LA.

Most Indonesian who migrated to USA is Christian (80 %)

• Christianity (predominant) 80%
• Islam 15%
• Buddhism 4%
• Hindu Dharma 1%

Indonesian Americans - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yes Brother you're right, a lot of the Indonesians I met in LA are/were Christians. I used to go to the Indonesian Embassy Gamelan orchestras all the time...had many Indonesian friends.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The businessman family who has one of the largest coal mining companies in Indonesia, PT Adaro Energy, and his brother which has Mahaka Group build a mosque in Los Angeles, USA

@Bilal9 you are in LA right ?

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Seems to have been a Macedonian or Samoan immigrants church.

 

[waz]

Thankfully it wasn’t turned into a club, apartments etc and remains a place of worship.
In the U.K. we’re losing churches at a rapid rate, a very sad sign of the times.

 

[pakpride00090]

Thankfully it wasn’t turned into a club, apartments etc and remains a place of worship.
In the U.K. we’re losing churches at a rapid rate, a very sad sign of the times.

Why is that ? Is it because more are becoming atheist and see no point of more churches ?

 

[waz]

Why is that ? Is it because more are becoming atheist and see no point of more churches ?

Sadly yes but it’s more agnostic not outright atheism. People believe in a higher force but don’t call themselves Christian.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

In the UK, so many churches have become Masaajid or are in the process being Masjid.

The English Heritage even supports these conversions to protect the closed down churches from being turned into clubs, etc., because it would alter their infrastructure too much, and also to prevent the churches from falling into irrepairable conditions.

The strange thing, the English nationalists are usually against Churches becoming Masaajid even though they might be atheists themselves.

 

[Indos]

Sadly yes but it’s more agnostic not outright atheism. People believe in a higher force but don’t call themselves Christian.

If they think the higher force is a single entity (not divided in trinity concept), than it will be closer to Islam

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Why is that ? Is it because more are becoming atheist and see no point of more churches ?

I think large churches in the US were at their heyday when people were mostly poor, uneducated, yet very religious immigrants (~1870-1920) stuffed into dense city apartments. Numerous huge/grand churches in cities were built by/for these people within walking distance of their apartments.

However as immigration waned, incomes grew, people became more mobile with cars, flight to single family homes in the suburbs became common, and the children of these immigrants became less religious...these numerous large city churches lost their base.

 

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