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The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means

  • Written by Jennifer Nourse, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Richmond
The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that meansThe Floating Mosque of Palu that survived after the earthquake. AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

In the devastation that followed the earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indonesian city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, many Muslim religious sites were destroyed.

Two mosques, however, survived, with little to no damage to their structure.

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