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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.
Name Image Capacity Area (m 2) City Country Year of first building Denomination Masjid al-Haram: 4,000,000 [1]: 400,800 [2]: Mecca Saudi Arabia Pre-622 – Prophet's Mosque
The mosque was originally constructed during the Toghon Temür reign of the Yuan dynasty. It was rebuilt in 1391 and expanded three times during the Ming dynasty. The mosque then went through four renovations during the Qing dynasty. On 26 August 1908, the Shanghai municipal government listed the mosque as a cultural heritage.
Shanghai's first building boom occurred in the 1920s and 1930s, during the city's heyday as a multinational center of business and finance. [5] The city's international concessions permitted foreign investment, and with it came architectural styles from the West, as seen today in areas such as the French Concession and the Bund. [6]
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.
Songjiang is a suburban district (formerly a county) of Shanghai. It has a land area of 605.64 km 2 (233.84 sq mi) and a population of 1,909,713 . [1] [2] Owing to a long history, Songjiang is known as the cultural root of Shanghai. [citation needed] Songjiang Town, the urban
Pages in category "Mosques in Shanghai" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fuyou Road Mosque; H.
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.