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The flag representing the Cham Muslims in Cambodia. The Cham have their own mosques. In 1962, there were about 100 mosques in the country. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Muslims in Cambodia formed a unified community under the authority of four religious dignitaries — mupti (mufti), tuk kalih, raja kalik, and tvan pake.
Maitreya Buddha made of gold in the Silver Pagoda of the Royal Palace of Cambodia. Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham and Malay ethnic minorities (both also known under the umbrella term "Khmer Islam") in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975.
Nur ul-Ihsan Mosque in Phnom Penh is the oldest mosque in Cambodia, it was built in 1813, and is a relic of the history of Islam in Cambodia. [8] Islam also flourished among Khmer people, in Kwan village, Kampong Speu, Muslims thrived with most of the converts from Buddhism. The propagator of Islam in the village is Abdul Amit, a Cham farmer. [9]
The version of Islam practised by Cambodian and Southern Vietnamese Chams belong to mainstream Sunni Islam, mainly to the Shafi'i school, which is also found in Malaysia, Indonesia, Mindanao, Southern Thailand as well as Yemen and East Africa, and in general, they largely abide with the mainstream Sunni Islamic practise, such as observing ...
The Kan Imam San follow the teachings of Imam San, who is credited with having converted the Cambodian Chams to Islam in the mid-19th century. These teachings differ greatly from other Islamic sects. The Kan Imam San do not use the Quran, Hadith, or other mainstream Islamic texts from the Arab world. Rather, their holy book is the Gheet, which ...
Cambodia is a secular state. The Government promotes national Buddhist holidays, provides Buddhist training and education to monks and others in pagodas, and modestly supports an institute that performs research and publishes materials on Khmer culture and Buddhist traditions. The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion.
This is a list of mosques in Cambodia. The construction of mosques in Cambodia itself has been documented since the time of the Islamic community Chams in Cambodia, until who escaped the ethnic cleansing by the Khmer Rouge . [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Islam in Cambodia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...