Hedaytul Islam (Baan Haw) Mosque (, ), located at
Night Bazaar in
Chiang Mai, is one of the biggest
mosques in the province, and also one of the seven Chinese mosques in
Chiang Mai.
History
It was first built in nineteenth century by a group of chinese people, called
Chin Ho or
Hui, mostly came from
Yunnan. The present-day buildings were built later, with an Arabic style rather a Chinese style, except in front of the prayer hall, there is a chinese word, "清真寺",which means a mosque.
Education
Every Saturday and Sunday, there is a class for young local muslims, beginning around 8 O'clock to the noon prayer (
dhuhr). The mosque also receives 20 students each year for parents who can't afford to send their children to a government school. However, most of them are from the other part of the country, rather in
Chiang Mai. The students are both Chinese and non-Chinese muslims.
See also
