Are there any mosques in Macau?

Yes, the Macau Islamic Mosque and Cemetery is located at No. 4, Moro Garden Road, in the northeastern part of the Macau Peninsula. It is close to the seaside, very quiet, with few people coming and going, and even somewhat remote and desolate. This is a Muslim cemetery, commonly known as the "Islamic Cemetery". The Muslim Cemetery was built in 1774. Legend has it that it was built by Muslim businessmen who came to Macau. It is also said that it was built by soldiers who believed in Islam and were stationed in Macau. The original cemetery The cemetery covers a vast area, including the current police training center and mother's club. Today, the area within the cemetery walls is only about 3,500 square meters.

This cemetery mainly consists of 2 parts: a cemetery and a mosque. The mosque is very simple. It was rebuilt around 1975. It adopts a reinforced concrete structure with a rectangular plane and only simple painting on the inside. The mosque has a dome on the top, but the interior space has a flat roof. From an architectural point of view, this is a separation of form and function. Chatting with the Imam of the day (the Imam was not here at the time, so this person served as our Imam for the noon ceremony that day) I learned that there are currently about 350 Muslims in Macau, mainly from Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia, and these people Only a small number of them are in Macau. Most of them usually live in Hong Kong, but they often come to Macau, so the number of people worshiping is only about 10 on weekdays, but about 150 people come to worship during the main mahjong. The number of people can reach thousands.

The Islamic Church in Macau is quite embarrassed. Currently, it mainly relies on the management of the Hong Kong Islamic Trust Fund. Its daily expenses mainly rely on donations from local and overseas Muslims in Macau. However, the church does not take any money from Muslims buried in the cemetery. This is In today's commercial society and extremely expensive land prices in Macau, this is really unbelievable (for foreign teachers). Pray to the great Allah to help the Muslims there and help the Islamic cause there to revive and grow~~ Amin!