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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The Chinese Islamic Root Islamic in Arabic!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abd al Hakim al Hajj al-Sayyid Muhammad Nur al-Haqq ibn al-Sayyid Luqman al-Sini, china, chinese, islam, Ma Lianyuan, root classic, Tianfang Xingli on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brass Cresent Awards 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brass Crescent Awards, islam, muslim on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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/
Wang Daiyu in Emel!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged emel, emel magazine, islam in china, wang daiyu on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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
Chinese Muslims greet holy month of Ramadan
Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Xinjiang Crackdown and Changing Perceptions of China in the Islamic World?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged islam, china, muslim, chinese, Xinjiang, uyghur on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Chinese Government Launches Arabic Language TV Channel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged islam, china, muslim, chinese, arabic language, tv, arabic tv channel, CCTV on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Ceramic from Yuan Dynasty signed by Hasan ibn Muhammad
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged islam, islam in china, yuan dynasty, chicago, Hasan ibn Muhammad, chicago institute of the arts on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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.
Wang Daiyu in Chicago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chicago on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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.