Hedaytul Islam (Ban Ho) Mosque (, th, มัสยิดเฮดายาตูลอิสลามบ้านฮ่อ), near the
Chiang Mai Night Bazaar
Chiang Mai Night Bazaar or just Night Bazaar ( th, ไนท์บาซาร์, ''Nai Basa'') is directly east of the city moat, between it and the Ping River, on Chang Khlan Road, between Tha Phae and Sridonchai Roads. It is known for its handi ...
, is one of the biggest
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
s in the province, and also one of the seven Chinese mosques in
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
.
History
It was first built in nineteenth century by a group of Chinese people, called Chin Ho or
Hui
The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the n ...
, mostly from
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
Province. The present-day buildings were built later, in Arabic, rather than Chinese-style, except in front of the prayer hall, where there is the Chinese phrase, "清真寺" or ''qingzhensi'', which means a mosque (literally 'temple of purity and truth').
Education
Every Saturday and Sunday, there is a class for young Muslims, from 08:00 to the noon prayer (
dhuhr
The Zuhr prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلظُّهْر ', "noon prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer). As an Islamic day starts at sunset, the Zuhr prayer is technically the fourth prayer of the day.
Attaqwa Mosque
Attaqwa Mosque (Sometimes spelled Attakkawa Mosque; , th, มัสยิดอัตตักวา; ) or San Pa Koi Mosque ( th, มัสยิดสันป่าข่อย; ), on the east side of the Ping River in Chiang Mai, is one of ...
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Islam in Thailand
Islam is a minority faith in Thailand, with statistics suggesting 4.9 percent of the population are Muslim.
. Every year the mosque enrolls, gratis, 20 students who cannot afford government school.<ref></ref>
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