SEBERANG PERAI, April 12 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said mosques serve as places to nurture piety and uphold noble values, which are essential for maintaining community harmony.

He said the intention behind building mosques must be sincere and not driven by the desire to show off.

"Noble values must be upheld to maintain community harmony and to nurture piety but if the intention is not correct, it will not be the true practice of Islam," he said in his speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the rebuilding of Masjid Jamek Cherok Tokun at the mosque compound here today.

He said humans have the potential to be as good as angels or more evil than animals, even Satan.

"Do we choose to be good, respectful and polite huma...