The Chinese Islamic Root Islamic in Arabic!

Tianfang Xingli is considered to be a classic islamic text in the Chinese language. It is divided into three parts and one of the parts is known as the Root classic. Recently I was surprised to find out that the Root Classic was translated into Arabic in 1898 by a Chinese Muslim scholar Ma Lianyuan [...]

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Brass Cresent Awards 2009

Alright folks, its that time of the year. Brass Crescent awards are upon us. You have until this Friday to cast your vote for your faviorite Muslim blogs. Here is the URL:
http://www.brasscrescent.org/

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Wang Daiyu in Emel!

Emel, the Muslim lifestyle magazine has a feature on Muslim bloggers in their current issue. I am also featured in that feature. Be sure to check it out if you have access to the print edition. The URL of the magazine is as follows:
http://www.emel.com

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Belated Eid Mubarak and other updates

(Image Source: Camel’s Nose Blog)
First of all a belated Eid Mubarak to everyone. I have not been posting that often in the last couple of months or so mainly because of the demands of academic work and also because of some travelling. However the good thing is that I have met other Chinese Muslims in USA [...]

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Ramadan Mubarak

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Ramadan Mubarak to everyone. May you have a blessed Ramadan!
P.S: I will be on the East Coast for the next 10 days or so. If readers from NY or the DC surrouding area want to meet up, message me.

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Chinese Muslims greet holy month of Ramadan

From Xinhua.
Chinese Muslims greet holy month of Ramadan
www.chinaview.cn 2009-08-22 14:42:01
YINCHUAN, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Millions of Muslims across China greeted the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Saturday, a season of fasting and spiritual reflection. Forty-eight-year-old farmer Ma Guoxing, a Muslim of Hui ethnic group in Tuanjie Village in Wuzhong, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous [...]

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Xinjiang Crackdown and Changing Perceptions of China in the Islamic World?

How the recent events in China have changed its image in some Muslim countries.
Source: http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35370
August 5, 2009
Xinjiang Crackdown and Changing Perceptions of China in the Islamic World?
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Views from the Muslim World
In light of the recent events in Xinjiang, observers of China’s increasingly expanding and multifaceted relationship with the Middle East and the greater Islamic [...]

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Chinese Government Launches Arabic Language TV Channel

via Xinhua
China state TV broadcaster to launch 24-hour Arabic channel
BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — China’s state TV broadcaster, China Central Television (CCTV), will launch its Arabic channel on Saturday, an official with the TV station said here Friday.
The channel would mainly focus on news programs but would also feature entertainment and education programs, Zhang Changming, [...]

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Ceramic from Yuan Dynasty signed by Hasan ibn Muhammad

While stroling through the Chinese collection at the Chicago Institute of the Arts I came across this ceramic made in China during the time of the Yuan Dynasty  which was signed by someone named Muhammad bin Hasan.

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Wang Daiyu in Chicago

I will be in Chicago over the weekend. I was wondering if anyone knew of Chinese Muslim community or at least Chinese Muslim restaurants in Chicago. If any of the regular commentators is in the area then you can give me a holler.

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