A Woman Wali
A waliyah (a female wali or early preacher of Islam in Indonesia) can be found in the history of the spread of Islam on the Island of Bawean. Zainab, as was her name, continued the religious propagation duties of her husband, who had died while sailing from Java.
Tempo
May 26, 2020
CONSTRUCTED from white bricks, the tombstone where Waliyah Zainab is buried appeared to be surrounded by a yellow curtain and covered with white fabric netting. It is in just past the front wall of the prayer area and separated from the main building of Diponggo Mosque in the Tambak subdistrict, Gresik, East Java, the grave of this propagator of Islam in Bawean in the 16th century is the most prominent. Three other grave sites in the complex
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