Muslim Women In Southern Spain by Gunther Dietz

In the Maldives, there are women's mosques located in many islands and atolls, a tradition which possibly dates back to earlier eras due to the influence women have wielded in Maldivian society. Botou Qingzhen Nüsi, Botou, Cangzhou City ( Hebei).Qian Xinchengdao Nusi (Hohhot Nüsi), Hohhot ( Inner Mongolia).Tiedanjie Nüsi, Kaifeng, one of 16 women's mosques in that city.įemale Islamic clerics are referred to as nü ahong ( 女阿訇) in Chinese. The commonly used title for it is Shiniang ( 师娘). Their managers are women, wives of the imam of a larger mosque. They are a special form of the sacred building, either as a separate institution or mosque attached to an existing larger mosque. īy the 20th century, there were separate places of worship as women-only mosques. As a result, a portion of the female Muslims who had experienced a religious education, gradually incorporated Islamic observances into their daily religious activities, and this produced the establishment of women's mosques. įor religious reasons, Hui communities had started to cultivate more theological learning among the women. The oldest surviving women's mosque in China, is Wangjia Hutong Women's Mosque of Kaifeng, which dates to 1820. At the end of the Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty, Hui women had begun to form their own mosques.

In China, separate women-only mosques were built by the Muslim communities. They can be found in the provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei. Women's mosques ( Chinese: 女寺 pinyin: nǚsì) have existed in China for several hundred years.

Muslim Women In Southern Spain by Gunther Dietz