A Hong Kong Blogger’s Observations on Islam in China

Brandonzin, a blogger from Hong Kong has a post about ethnic minorities in China and he also discusses Muslims in China, here is a relevant excerpt.
Muslims can be seen almost everywhere in Dongguan and Shenzhen, the southern part of Guangdong province, which are the cities I mostly frequented. Most of them operate restaurants, noodle shops [...]

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A Muslim Village in china – Wen Min

Anak Alam, a Muslim blogger has a small but fascinating description and pictures of a predominantly Chinese Muslim village in the Yunnan province. Check it out here.

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Inscription at Ashab Mosque in China

Here is translation from an inscription at Ashab Mosque also known as the Huaisheng (devoted to the Prophet”, or else “devoted to the sage” ) Mosque.  (Source: China Heritage Quaterly).
This was the first mosque of the people of this land. This auspicious mosque is named the Mosque of The Ancient and The Old, is called [...]

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Ibn Batutta’s Observations in China

Ibn Battuta the famous 13th century Muslim traveler from Morocco. He was an extremely well travelled man of his day. He traveled from Morocco to all the way to China. He was greatly impressed by the Chinese people and the amount of wealth in that country. Here are some observations that Ibn Battuta made in [...]

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Chinese American Muslims in NYT

The New York Times recently had an article on home education amongst American Muslims. Incidentally the article also mentions Chinese American Muslims. This also shows that although there are not many of us but there are still a few.

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