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During the fight against the empire of Japan in China in World War II, many Chinese Muslim Huis joined their Han brethern in the cause to liberate their country. One of the more more interesting slogans from this era comes from Huis from the north western China, ”Build our own Anti-Japanese Mohammadean Red Army.” Here is [...]

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(Image Source: UCSD)
Today we will be taking a break from our regular posts to more mundane stuff. As the semester progresses the workload becomes increasingly hectic, so if I have not gotten back to you for replies to e-mails then my apologies. Anyways I will finally have a break in San Diego. Since I have [...]

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Here is a gallery of Chinese Muslim fashions.
Picture Source: Abaya Chic

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Here is an interesting story coming from China, while the Tainted Milk scandal in China has resulted in the death of a few infants and hundreds of people getting sick, the milk and dairy products in China which are prepared according to Islamic dietary laws in Xinjiang are unaffected. Here is the relevant excerpt from SF [...]

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Confucius is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of China and has had an enormous impact on not just Chinese culture and civilization but also the cultures and civilizations of other East and South East Asian countries. Confucius lived more than twenty five hundred years ago and more than half a million people [...]

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This is not strictly related to the subject of Islam in China but since President Barack Obama is a big news today i thought I should add my two cents as well. President Obama’s half-brother Mark Ndesandjo lives in Nanshan and does some business in China. He even has a long time Chinese girlfriend. The two half-brothers however have very divergent [...]

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