The Baan Haw Mosque (王和清真寺) is located in the Chiang Mai province in Thailand. It was built by Chinese Muslims in Thailand and thus one can Chinese architecture in the style of this Mosque.
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Baan Haw Mosque in Thailand
Posted in Chinese Muslim Diaspora, Chinese-Islamic Art, tagged Ban Haw Mosque, Chiang Mai, china, chinese muslims in thailand, 王和清真寺, islam, thai-chinese muslims, thailand on August 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Chinese Islamic Art
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese-Islamic Art on May 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A nice gallery on Chinese Islamic Art on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/drugladney/sets/1287854/
Haji Yousaf Chen Jinhui – A Chinese Muslim Calligrapher
Posted in Chinese-Islamic Art, tagged china, chinese, chinese islamic calligraphy, chinese muslim, Chinse Calligraphy, Haji Noor Deen, Haji Yousaf Chen Jinhui, Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang, Sinic on January 8, 2009 | 13 Comments »
A few months ago I did a post on Haji Noor Deen who is the most known Chinese Muslim calligrapher in USA and as one can well imagine he is not the only one around. Here is an artictle about Haji Yousaf Chen Jinhui who is based in China. The following article appeared in the [...]
Islam in China: Pictures: The Great Mosque of Xian (iv)
Posted in Chinese-Islamic Art, Medieval China, Pictures, tagged 西安大清真寺, 西安市, Great Mosque of Xian, islam, islam in china, masjod, mosque, muslim, Xian on March 6, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Islam in China: Pictures: The Great Mosque of Guangzhou
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese-Islamic Art, Medieval China, Pictures, tagged china, chinese, chinese masjid, Great Mosque of Guangzhou, islam, masjid, mosque, muslim, saad ibn abi waqas on February 27, 2008 | 69 Comments »
[Image Source: ArchNet, Caption: View to west with Ming portal addition in foreground and tripartite qibla hall in background]
Chinese Islamic Wallpapers
Posted in Chinese-Islamic Art, Pictures, Uncategorized, tagged china, chinese, islam, islamic wallpaper, muslim, wallpaper on February 20, 2008 | 27 Comments »
Someone just sent me these wallpapers which are very appropriate for this site. The Chinese characters in the center can roughly be translated as “Truth Reason” Each surrounding tile has the Islamic deceleration of faith says in Arabic “There is not God but God and Muhammad (pbuh) is his prophet.”
“Our Muslim Sisters” by Lu Jiye and Wang Hailan
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, Chinese-Islamic Art, tagged china, Chinese Muslims, islam, Lu Jiye, muslim, muslim women, muslimah, Wang Hailan, women, women in islam on January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The following poem (source: Arab Studies Journal) was written by two Chinese Muslim women Lu Jiye and Wang Hailan, first published in 1993. Our Muslim Sisters How can we confine ourselves to the closed courtyards? May the eyes of the world stare us into faltering, But for Islam We must go forth to meet the [...]
Islam in China: Pictures: Grandmaster Wang Ziping
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, Chinese-Islamic Art, Pictures, tagged china, Chinese Muslims, grandmaster, history of china, images, islam, islam in china, martial arts, muslim, Pictures, wang ziping on November 23, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Yes, the legendary Chinese Martial Arts Grandmaster Wang Ziping (1881-1973) was a Muslim. The history of “Muslim” Martial Arts in China is a fascinating subject. I will post on this subject sometime in the future insha’Allah. The descendants of Grandmaster Wang Ziping now live in USA and still practice and teach Martial Arts but I [...]
Chinese Muslim art exhibition
Posted in Chinese-Islamic Art, Uncategorized, tagged Abu Dhabi, art, chinese-islamic, Chinese-Islamic Art, Hajji Noor Deenm, islam, islam in china, muslim, UAE on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This news item may be of interest to people living in the Gulf region. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Abu Dhabi will organize a Chinese Islamic Art Exhibition at Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation from 17 to 19 this month. I wish I could see the exhibition. If any of the readers [...]