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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 ...
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]
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.
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 ...
Pudong Mosque prayer hall The Pudong Mosque ( simplified Chinese : 浦东清真寺 ; traditional Chinese : 浦東清真寺 ; pinyin : Pǔdōng Qīngzhēnsì ) is a mosque in Pudong , Shanghai , China .
China's government is calling on protesters to turn themselves in after a crowd clashed with police over plans to demolish a mosque in the country's southwest as President Xi Jinping’s ...
Jiangwan Mosque prayer hall Eid al-Adha at Jiangwan Mosque. The Jiangwan Mosque (simplified Chinese: 江湾清真寺; traditional Chinese: 江灣清真寺; pinyin: Jiāngwān Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China. [1]