A little known fact is that the first Muslims in New Zealand were from China and worked primarily as miners. They arrived in 1868. They worked as gold diggers in the Dunstan gold fields. It is likely that they were fleeing China as a result of the Hui minorities war. It was also around this [...]
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First Muslims in New Zealand were Chinese!
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