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(Image Source: Xinhua Location: Ningxia, China) Eid Mubarak to all of our Muslim brothers ans sisters through out the world regardless of whether you celebrate it on Tuesday, Wednesday or even Thursday. As a side not to my North American Muslim brothers and sisters, if you people think that you are the only ones who [...]

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Recently a Chinese Taikonauts  Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming performed the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut. Congratualtions to Chinese people everywhere. It would be appropriate to talk a bit mroe about the interaction between Muslim astronomers from Central Asia, Iran and other parts of the Middle East with their counterparts in China and beyond. Previously I talked about the influence [...]

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Zhu Chen is a Chinese born convert and chess grandmaster who is married to a Qatari Chessmaster Mohamad Al-Modiahki. She is now a Qatari citizen and represents Qatar at the international level. They met at a chess match in Malaysia in 1994 and it was love at first sight. Gien their very different backgrounds they [...]

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The Christian Science Monitor has an article on the integration of the Chinese Muslim community with the rest of the Islam world in terms of economics. Here are a few relevant excerpts from the article. Mr. Yussuf, a Malaysian businessman, makes a tidy profit importing halal foods from this remote corner of northwestern China. He’s [...]

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Before delving into the issue regarding Ramadan restrictions in Xinjiang I wanted to clarify some terminology which most people outside of China get wrong. Thus for example the media often uses the term “Chinese Muslims” as if there is a monolith of 25 million people in China, or when the media announcs the restrictions on [...]

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Hui Liangyu may not be well known outside of China but he may be one of the most influential Muslims in China. The People’s Republic of China has a number of Vice Premiers. The current Vice Premier for Agriculture is a Muslim who is also a Hui. He was born in 1944 in Yushu in [...]

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Ramadan Mubarak!

Ramadhan Mubarak to everyone! (Image source: Briopack)

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