Video of the Muslim Grandmaster Wang Ziping’s sword practice with daughter

As promised previously, here is a video of Grandmaster Wang Ziping doing sword practice with his daughter Wang Jurong who also was a famous Martial Arts practitioner. Just in case anyone missed it I will also post excerpt from the last interview about his experiences in the Masjid and role as a Muslim. Stay tuned. [...]

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Islam in China: Pictures: Grandmaster Wang Ziping (ii)

Continuing the series on Wang Ziping, here is another picture of Grandmaster Wang Ziping. I posted one previously. More to come soon. Insha’Allah.

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The Muslim Grandmaster Wang Ziping through the eyes of his granddaughter

I will be doing a series of posts on Wang Ziping and his family. As described previously Wang Ziping was a legendary Chinese Muslim Martial Arts grandmaster. Wang Ziping was also a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine The tradition of Martial Arts has been carried forward by his granddaughters all of whom are Martial arts [...]

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Brother Dave’s account of Chinese Muslims

I wanted to post his some time ago but did not get the chance. Brother Dave did a post on Chinese Muslims some time ago and shares many of his observations about the Hui Muslims. I believe that personal accounts of different groups by ‘outsiders’ and ‘insiders’ can reveal many things about the people and [...]

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Rumi, China and Capitalism

Although this news story is not strictly about Islam in China but I thought it was somewhat amusing. The year 2007 marks the 800th birth anniversary of Moulana Jalaluddin Rumi. Contrary to misperception in the West Rumi was not an unorthodox poet but rather a strong followers of the letter and the spirit of Islam. [...]

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Islam in China: Pictures: Grandmaster Wang Ziping

Yes, the legendary Chinese Martial Arts Grandmaster Wang Ziping (1881-1973) was a Muslim. The history of “Muslim” Martial Arts in China is a fascinating subject. I will post on this subject sometime in the future insha’Allah. The descendants of Grandmaster Wang Ziping now live in USA and still practice and teach Martial Arts but I [...]

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Rethinking Dar-al-Islam, Dar-al-Harb in the light of Chinese Muslim Experience

(Image: Al-Idrisi’s map of the world) Historically the ulemas in the Muslim world (areas that were ruled by Muslim including the ones which did not have numerical majority of Muslims) divided the world into two or three categories. First there was dar-al-Islam or the land of Islam. This consisted of lands which were ruled by [...]

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Islam in China: Pictures: Mother and Child

A number of people had requested to see pictures of Chinese Muslims, Mosques, Chinese Muslim culture etc. and so here it is. This was one of the most serene pictures that I could find, a mother carrying her child. The child is fast asleep knowing that his mother is always there for him. I think [...]

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The Emperor’s Dream

While searching for information on Wang Daiyu (not me, the original scholar) I came across a old issue of Saudi Aramco dedicated to Islam in China. One of the articles reproduces a somewhat famous story, which is almost semi-legendary amongst some Chinese Muslims, regarding the history of Islam in China. Here is the excerpt from [...]

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An African American Muslim Convert as the founder of Chinese Hip-Hop

Even though it is quite well known amongst the youth in the North American Muslim community that a lot of hip hop artists are Muslim it was still surprising for me to discover that the person who is largely responsible for introducing hip-hop in China is an American Muslim convert named Dana Burton. The same [...]

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