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The Menara Kudus Mosque is one of the oldest mosque building sites in Central Java which became the center of Islamic development in Java by Walisongo, Sunan Kudus. The condition of the building of this mosque is still functioning well because of the physical condition of the well-maintained building. The Menara Kudus Mosque is considered to have a good level of building reliability and resistance to all loading. Besides being reliable in terms of physical buildings, the mosque building which is the result of acculturation of local culture show tolerance and harmony of religious people. The architectural style that adopts the Hindu, Buddhist, and Javanese style of the building makes this building show Islam as a religion that supports peace and harmony in society. This study aims to make the modeling of the reliability of the Menara Kudus Mosque building based on user perceptions. The respondents who were targeted by questionnaires were mosque users, namely pilgrims who knew the development of the mosque. The data analysis method used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with architectural variables and structural variables as exogenous variables, stability as moderator variables, and reliability as endogenous variables. The results of the analysis show that the two exogenous variables have a positive influence on the moderator and endogenous variables. The relationship of influence between endogenous variable with moderator variable shows significant influence.

modeling; reliability; building; mosque; user