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  2. List of mosques in the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mosques in the Maldives. The first mosques built in the Maldives were initially made of materials that easy degraded over time such as wood, coconut, and palm leaves. Later on, by the middle of the 17th to early 19th centuries, Maldivian coral stone mosque architecture developed and flourished.

  3. Category : Mosque buildings with domes in the Maldives

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  4. Women in the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    With the exception of a failed attempt to force women to wear hijabs in the 17th-century, covering their heads continued to be uncommon among Maldivian women until the 20th-century. [7] From the 1980s onward, the wearing of hijabs started to become more common in the Maldives due to growing Islamic conservatism.

  5. Islam in Maldives - Wikipedia

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    In Malé, the Islamic Centre and the Grand Friday Mosque, built in 1984 with funding from the Persian Gulf states, Pakistan, Brunei, and Malaysia, are imposing, elegant structures. [2] The gold-colored dome of this mosque is the first structure sighted when approaching Malé. [2] In mid-1991 Maldives had a total of 724 mosques and 266 women's ...

  6. Category:Mosques in the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    List of mosques in the Maldives This page was last edited on 13 April 2021, at 09:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  7. Nilandhoo (Faafu Atoll) - Wikipedia

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    Faaf Nilandhoo- Aasaary Mosque. The Aasaari Miskiiy, on the island of Nilandhoo in Faafu Atoll, is the second oldest mosque in the country, built during the reign of the first sultan, Mohamed Ul-Adil (1141-1166 d.c.). Some say the mosque is 800 years old and built by Sultan Mohamed Ibn Abdhulla, who was responsible for converting the country to ...

  8. Category:Sunni mosques in the Maldives - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sunni mosques in the Maldives" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  9. Veyvah (Meemu Atoll) - Wikipedia

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    The island houses one of the oldest historical mosques in the Maldives. The Old Friday mosque is believed to be over 400 years old and is built out of coral stone. The mosque complex consists of the original mosque building, two water wells and a cemetery. However, extension projects surrounding the original mosques have meant that the original ...