During the Olympics one of the readers of the blog asked if the Chinese Olympics team had Muslim sportspersons. Here is one, Mehmet Turson Chong, who comes from the Uighur ethnic group. The BBC has the full scoop at their site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7530768.stm
Archive for October, 2008
Muslim Boxer in the Chinese Olympics Team
Posted in Chinese Muslims, tagged beijing olympics, boxer, boxing, china, chinese, islam in china, Mehmet Turson Chong, muslim, olympics, olympics 2008, Uighur on October 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Zhang Wenguang – A Muslim Wushu Master
Posted in Chinese Muslims, tagged china, chinese, chinese muslim, muslim, wushu, Zhang Wenguang on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Zhang Wenguang is a Chinese Muslim master of Chinese Martial Arts. He was part of the 1936 Olympics delegation to demonstate Wushu to the rest of the world. Regarding his background some sources identify him as Hui while many others identify him as a Han Muslim. More on Zhang Wenguang in the future. Image Source: Bamboo [...]
Picture: Chinese Hui Muslim Kids from Gansu
Posted in Chinese Muslims, Pictures, tagged china, chinese, Chinese Hui Muslims Kids from Gansu, gansu, Hui, islam muslim, Pictures on October 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Brass Crescent Awards 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awards, blogs, Brass Crescent Awards on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It is that time of the year. Brass Crescent awards are accepting nominations. Hint hint: I suppose you people know what to do. Here is the description from their website. The Brass Crescent Awards, a joint project of altmuslim and City of Brass, is an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim [...]
Master Qi Jingyi Shaykh Hilal-addin Qi Doazhu
Posted in Chinese Muslims, tagged china, chinese, chinese muslim, islam, islam in china, Master Qi Jingyi Shaykh Hilal-addin Qi Doazhu on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been extremely busy with academic work so did not get much chance to post anything. Brother Irving once asked us to post something about the sufism in China. Here is some relevant information, taken from Abu Zuhri’s blog, about one of the teachers. A young Chinese murid/disciple whom destined to be a [...]
Zheng Chong Lin – A Chinese Muslim Pioneer in Thailand
Posted in Chinese Muslim Diaspora, Chinese Muslims, tagged Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai airport, china, chinese, Chinese Muslim Diaspora, chinese muslims in thailand, Hui Diaspora, islam, muslim, thailand, Zheng Chong Lin, zheng he on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zheng Chong Lin was a Chinese Muslim migrant to Thailand who contributed greatly to the Thai society. He was responsible for building many public works in Thailand. He also helped to build a railroad between Bangkok and Chiang Mai and also gave land for building the Chiang Mai airport. He was given the honorific title [...]