Neak Meah Mosque - with its Golden Dome- Muslim in Cambodia is minority - estimated 500,000 in present Cambodia or roughly around 3% of Cambodian.
- Majority of them are Cham with minority from Malay.
- Some scholars like Po Dharma divide them into 2 major groups - orthodox branch and traditional.
- All of them are Sunnis of the Shafi'i school like in Malaysia.
- They all unified under four dignitaries - mupti, tuk kalih, raja kalik and tvan pake.
- Every villages have their own notable council consisted of hakem, katip, bilal and labi.
- These four and hakem exempted from personal tax and were invited in national ceremonies.
- During the Khmer Rouge regime, a lot of mosques has been destroyed and the Muslim wouldn't allowed to practice in public.
- Currently they've been striving and surviving in this difficult era. Some has fortune enough to provide their child education.
From left : Stung Thmei village's signboard; mimbar of Neak Meak mosque.
From left : Madrasah Qamaruddin Al-Islamiah - Kampong Stung Thmei; Muslim Family Restaurant - just behind the mosque.
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