Aminah | |
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杜淑贞 | |
Born | Du Shuzhen 1924 (age 99–100) |
Known for | Female imam, first woman from Henan to make hajj |
Du Shuzhen (Chinese: 杜淑贞; pinyin: Dù Shūzhēn; born 1924), also known as Aminah, is a Chinese imam. With the help of her uncle and a family friend, both of whom were imams based in Shanghai and Henan respectively, she learned to read the Quran in Arabic. Du carried out her first Hajj in 1992, becoming the first woman in Henan to do so.