Books by Liu Zhi in Chinese
[Image source: Calligraphy by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang] Here are three texts by Liu Zhi, who is considered one of the greatest Muslim scholars of the Han Kitab era. Nature and Reason of Islam (天方性理) The Real Record for the Greatest Prophet of Islam (or The Real Record for the Great Prophet Muhammad) (天方至圣实录) Islamic...
Books by Wang Daiyu in Chinese
[Image source: Calligraphy by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang] Here is a complete text of 清真大学 Great Learning of Islam (or Advanced Learning of Islam) by Wang Daiyu. Here is an explanation of the translation of title of the book by my friend Linfan Zhu. “大学(Da Xue). The meaning of Daxue nowadays is university....
Interview: James Frankel
About the Islam in China Interview Series: Islam in China is doing a series of interviews with academics, Chinese Muslim artists, scholars, researchers etc. The goal is to give the readers of this resource a good overview of aspects of Chinese Islamic culture and civilization. The current interview is the second interview in this series....
Between Expectations and Ideals: Hui Women Finding a Place in the Public Sphere through Islamic Education
Between Expectations and Ideals: Hui Women Finding a Place in the Public Sphere through Islamic Education By Esther Reiser Abstract This paper explores the dynamics of Islamic education in China and the mobility it offers to female students, focusing on the Hui Minzu (Chinese Muslim ethnicity). I will first consider the history of the Hui...
Interview: Anne Darling
Bio: Anne Darling is a Scots-born photographer who has exhibited extensively from Paris and London to Beirut and China including the International Photojournalism Festival of Perpignan and the China Pingyao International Photography Festival. She has worked in photography and the arts for over 20 years and have an MA in Photojournalism, Travel & Social Documentary...
Books on Islam in China
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 Press, 2005) Ben-Dor...
Islam in China Revisited
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 people. In other words if the Muslims...
The First Mosque in China
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 of prophet Muhammad (peace be...
Map of Chinese Muslims
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 Daiyu is a...
Authenticity of China Hadith
This article is about the discussion on the authenticity of the famous China Hadith, “Seek Knowledge as far as China.” Someone pointed out that the hadith ‘Seek knowledge even as far as China’ is a weak hadith (called da’if in Arabic, zaif in Farsi and Urdu). While many scholars do regard this hadith as being...
Chinese Islamic Wallpapers
By: Wang Daiyu Here is a gallery of wallpapers with Chinese and Islamic themes. In the following series, 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.”...
Reflections of an American Muslim in China
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 here and I was intent on finding it. Armed with a map and not a word of...
