The Kelantan PAS government has admitted having built only one mosque in the state, the Sultan Ismail Petra golden jubilee mosque, from its own funds during its 21-year rule in Kelantan.

State economic planning, finance and welfare committee deputy chairperson Abdul Fatah Harun said all the other mosques in Kelantan had been built by the federal government.

"The golden jubilee mosque, better known as the Chinese mosque, was built with state government funding, without a single sen coming from the federal government," he told Bernama today.

As for mosques in the other mukim (sub-districts), he said the state government was only responsible for giving allocations to carry out repairs and renovations.

Abdul Fatah was responding to the state Barisan Nasional's  claim that the PAS government had not built even one mosque since ruling Kelantan for over 20 years.

They had been built by the federal government or the BN government that ruled Kelantan from 1978 to 1990.

Abdul Fatah said construction of the RM9.5 million golden jubilee mosque began in 2005 and was completed in 2009.

Its building was inspired by Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat after his visit to Beijing, China.

- Bernama