The Hedaytul Islam (Ban Ho) Mosque (; ), near the
Chiang Mai Night Bazaar, is one of the biggest
mosque
A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard.
Originally, mosques were si ...
s in the province, and also one of the seven mosques in
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, second largest city in Thailan ...
,
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
, founded by
Chinese migrants.
History
The mosque was built in nineteenth century by a group of Chinese people, called
Chin Haw
The Chin Haw or Chin Ho (; , ), also known locally as Yunnanese ( zh, 雲南人, ), are Chinese people who migrated to Thailand via Myanmar or Laos. Most of them were originally from Yunnan, a southern province of China. They speak Southwest ...
(Chin Ho) or
Hui, mostly from
Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
Province. The present-day buildings were built later, in
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
, 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). Every year the mosque enrolls, gratis, 20 students who cannot afford government school.
Gallery
Ban_Hoe_Mosque3.JPG, , meaning mosque
Ban_Hoe_Mosque2.jpg, The left minaret of the mosque
Baan Haw Mosque 4-6-09.jpg, The main building
See also
*
Islam in Thailand
Islam is a minority faith in Thailand, with statistics in 2006, suggesting 4.9% of the population are Muslim.[List of mosques in Thailand
There are 4,037 mosques in Thailand as of March 2022. The Southern Thailand, Southern region has the most number of mosques in the kingdom with 3,403 mosques or roughly 85% of all mosques. In terms of provinces of Thailand, provinces; Pattani Pro ...]
References
External links
{{Mosques in Thailand
19th-century mosques in Asia
Mosque buildings with minarets in Thailand
Mosques in Chiang Mai
Sunni mosques in Thailand