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In 1920–1940, the mosque received and served Muslim people from regions around China who planned to go for Hajj to Saudi Arabia. The mosque is home to the Shanghai Islamic Association which was established in 1962 and also the Management Committee of Mosques in Shanghai. The women's mosque hosts religious activities for Muslim women in Shanghai.
Huxi Mosque prayer hall. The mosque covers an area of 1,667 m 2. The mosque consists of two-floor prayer hall. [3] It is built with double arches and a fan-shaped roof. It also houses a teaching room, imam room, guesthouse and a bathhouse. It also features a butcher shop and a shop. The mosque consists of one minaret with a height of 25 meters ...
Songjiang Mosque prayer hall. The mosque covers an area of 4,900 m 2. It was constructed in traditional Hui Muslim Chinese palace architecture with Arabic calligraphy. [2] The mosque consists of the mail hall, prayer niche, corridor, two sermon halls and a bathroom. In the east of the mosque lies the Bunker Gate Tower for Muslims to do prayer.
The first mosque in China was the Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, built during the Tang dynasty in 627 CE. In of 2014 there were 39,135 mosques in China, [1] [2] in 2009 an estimated 25,000 of these were in Xinjiang, a north-west autonomous region, having a high density of one mosque per 500 Muslims. [3]
Zuibaichi is one of the five ancient Chinese gardens in Shanghai that dates back to the Song dynasty. The Songjiang Mosque is the oldest mosque in Shanghai with its latest rebuild in 1391. Songjiang's emblematic tower is the 9-story Fangta Pagoda, or Songjiang Square Pagoda.
The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a Human ...
Mosques were equally targeted in the Gansu province following the government’s order to “Sinicize Islam” – an attempt to make the religion more Chinese in character and form. Ten mosques ...
The mosque used to be the political, religious and cultural center for Muslims in Shanghai. It was also the birthplace for Wu Ben Primary School, the first Islamic school in the modern history of Shanghai. However, the mosque currently serves as the service center for prayer and other Muslim activities in the city.