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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.
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 ...
The island has 2 mosques for men, (Majid Salam and Masjid Zikra) and 2 mosques for women. There is an island office, [Secretariat of the Meedhoo Council] and a court and a health centre. There is 1 school [Dhaalu Atholhu Madharusa] which teaches from grade 1-12 and a pre-school [Meedhoo Pre-School].
Xiaotaoyuan Women's Mosque in Shanghai, China. A women-only mosque in Byblos, Lebanon.. Women's mosques exist around the world, with a particularly rich tradition in China. As Islam has principles of segregating the sexes at times, many places of worship provide a dedicated prayer space for women within the main building, but in a few countries, separate buildings were constructed.
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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.
Sunni mosques in the Maldives (6 P) This page was last edited on 7 December 2024, at 14:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Pages in category "Lists of religious buildings and structures in the Maldives" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes .