Earth Quake in China – III

[Caption: Chinese rescue workers carry a body of an earthquake victim in the badly stricken town of Yingxiu, in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province, 26 May 2008] I have been wanting to write about some other subject but the fallout from the earthquake is become worse and worse so that it is difficult [...]

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Earth Quake in China – II

This is going to be slightly off topic because of the earthquake in China but may be this is not really off topic since in Islam we are supposed to put the people first regardless of their background. More than 10 days have passed since the earthquake and the deathtoll is close to fifty thousand [...]

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Earth Quake in China

[Soldiers carrying a wounded child in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 13. (Reuters) ] Most of the readers of this blog have likely read about the great human tragedy in the Sichuan province in China due to the devastating earthquake. More than forty thousand people have lost their lives and tens of thousands are [...]

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A Chinese Ninjabi

Ninjabi seems to be a peculiarly American Muslim term which means a hijabi who looks like a ninja. Here is picture of a Chinese Muslim sister who looks like a ninjabi from Flickr that someone set me.

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Chinese Origin of Paper Money in the Islamic World

Paper money was first invented in China in the 13th century and soon made its way to Islamic world. In both of these places it did not survive for long. Paper money was first introduced in the Islamic world by the Mongol ruler Gaykhatu of the Il-Khan dynasty who ruled the present day Iran, Iraq [...]

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