http://islaminchina.info A website on all things Chinese, Muslim and Islamic Fri, 28 May 2010 23:06:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By: Wang Daiyu Here is a list of some books related to Islam in China and or Muslims in China. Please feel free to suggest books if something is not in this list. Atwill, David G., The Chinese sultanate: Islam, ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in southwest China, 1856-1873 (Stanford: Stanford University ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=163 By: Razib Khan According to figures from the Chinese census on the order of 2% of the population of the People's Republic of China is likely to be Muslim in their religious identity. 2% may seem like a trivial fraction, but that number is between 20 and 30 million ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=136 The Great Mosque of Guangzhou, aslo known also as Huaisheng Mosque or also known as the Guangta Mosque (Light Tower Mosque), is considered to be the earliest surviving mosque in China. It also has the earliest freestanding minaret in China. Some sources claim that it was built by the uncle ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=97 The following map shows regions in China with large number of Chinese Muslims. While other provinces and regions may not have that many Muslims but Muslims are nonetheless found in all parts of China. One of the reasons is because traditionally Muslims were involved in trade in China. Brief Bio: Wang ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=44 This article is about the discussion on the authenticity of the famous China Hadith, "Seek Knowledge as far as China." [ Given that many people ask abouh the authenticity of the famous China Hadith I thought it would be a good idea to cross-post this post from the Islam in China ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=35 By: Wang Daiyu Here is a gallery of wallpapers with Chinese and Islamic themes. The Chinese characters in the center can roughly be translated as “Truth Reason” Each surrounding tile has the Islamic deceleration of faith says in Arabic “There is not God but God and Muhammad (pbuh) is his prophet.” ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=33 I created the Islam in China blog was created in October 2007. More than a year and one hundred thousand hits later I have realized that it would be a good idea to have a website devoted to this subject where some of the themes explored in the blog can ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=21 By: Kellen Parker Image Caption: Fuyou Road Mosque Image Source: John Baez's site Back in May 2006 on my second morning in China, within hours of seeing anything of the city outside my campus for the first time, I set out on a mission. I knew there was a mosque around ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=18 By: Siti Hajar Alwi Image Source: International Horizons Indonesian religious leader and Islamic scholar Hamka (1908–1981) wrote in 1961: "The development of Islam in Indonesia and Malaya is intimately related to a Chinese Muslim, Admiral Zheng He”1 History has it that the arrival of the earliest Chinese Muslims in present day Malaysia ... http://islaminchina.info/?p=14