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Map of Haji Zheng He’s Famous Voyages

Posted in Chinese Muslims, Medieval China, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Haji Zheng He is considered to be the greatest Chinese Admirals of all time. Zheng He happened to be a Muslim who even performed Hajj, hence the name Haji. Above is the map of famous voyages. A number of Chinese Muslims settled in what is now Malaysia and Indonesia as a result of these voyages [...]

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Malay-Muslim & Chinese-Muslim Paradox

Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslim Diaspora, tagged , , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 12 Comments »

I have mentioned before that I will cover the topic of Chinese Muslims in Malaysia one of these daya but have not been able to do so mainly because of grad work. Plus I feel that opening up this topic would be equivalent to opening the Pandora’s box. I found this article while addresses some [...]

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