Attaqwa Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Chiang Mai, Thailand}}

{{distinguish|text=the At-Taqwa Mosque in Dayuan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan}}

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The Attaqwa Mosque, sometimes spelled Attakkawa Mosque; {{zh|c=訕巴契清真寺|p=shànbāqìqīngzhēnsì}}, {{langx|th|มัสยิดอัตตักวา}}; {{RTGS|Matsayit Attakkwa}}, and also known as the San Pa Koi Mosque ({{langx|th|มัสยิดสันป่าข่อย}}; {{RTGS|Matsayit San Pa Khoi}}),{{cite web|url=http://www.yellow.co.th/YellowPages/Chiangmai/mosques_map.1.html |title=Yellow Pages: List all Mosques in Chiangmai Directory - page 1 |accessdate=2009-01-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617092541/http://www.yellow.co.th/YellowPages/Chiangmai/mosques_map.1.html |archivedate=2008-06-17 }} is a mosquee] situated on the east side of the [[Ping River in Chiang Mai, is one of the seven Chinese mosques in the Chiang Mai Province.

Overview

It was built in 1967, and finished in 1969 by a group of both Chinese and non-Chinese Muslims. The mosque also houses the first Islamic school in Chiang Mai, which maintains cultural and educational links with similar establishments in Kunming, in the Yunnan Province of China.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oknation.net/blog/attaqwa/2007/09/27/entry-1 |title=ชุมชนมุสลิมมัสยิดอัต-ตักวา ย่านวัดเกต เชียงใหม่ |lang=TH |work= |date= |access-date= }}{{cite book |author1=Forbes, Andrew |author2=Henley, David |year=2011 |title=Traders of the Golden Triangle |location=Chiang Mai |publisher=Cognoscenti Books |asin=B006GMID5K |pages= }}

See also

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References