Praying at the Olympics

The 2008 Olympics is almost upon us. The Government of China has made special provisions for people of all the major religions including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism for prayer services. There is going to be a 100 square meter hall for Muslim athletes where they will be able to pray. Free copies of [...]

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Mosque Collapse in Qinghai

Sad news, a mosque under construction in the Taer Town of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in the Qinghai province collapsed last Thursday killing eight people and about 20 were injured. Officials have ruled out the earthquake in Sichuan as the cause. May Allah have mercy on the souls of the departed. Ameen.

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Hussein Ye

For a change I thought I should talk about a Chinese Muslim who is more well known beyond the Chinese Muslim sphere. Hussein Ye is a Malaysian scholar of Chinese descent and has dedicated himself to the task of dawah being a convert himself. People from South Asia may be familiar with him since he [...]

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Integrating Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Islamic Business Principles

I came across this presentation on Chinese work ethics and Islamic business principles on a blog by almost an accident. The author is actually non-Muslim Indonesian resident. The main thrust of the argument is that the Chinese business and work ethics which is based on Confucian principles and Islamic business principles which are based on [...]

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Muslim Manga Artist

The topic of Manga and Anime amongst Muslim artists has come up before. As a side note I have noticed that many people from Gulf like Japanese Anime since they grew up with it. I would expect that may be at least one of them may start something. While there may not be a large [...]

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