NPR video on Female Imams in China
Although the story is a couple of years old but it is still quite relevant. NPR has a feature on female Imams in China. (Thanks to P.I.H for pointing this […]
Tag Archives: Chinese Muslims
Chinese American Muslims!
The United States is a fascinating place, one can easily run into Muslims from almost any part of the world and belonging to almost any school of thought as well […]
Chinese Muslims in Indonesia
Indonesia has the largest population of ethnic Chinese people outside of China. and Indonesia is the largest Muslim state in the world. This put Chinese Indonesian Muslims in a really […]
Lautze Mosque and New Chinese Converts
The Lautze Mosque, a predominantly Chinese Mosque, in Jakarta Indonesia seems to be the place where non-Muslim Chinese people can learn about Islam and where new Chinese converts can integrate […]
Changing Attitudes of Inter-marriage amongst Huis in China
In the second half of the 20th century the problem of out-marriage amongst Hui Muslims has become endemic to the extent that many descents of Hui Muslims are no longer […]
Flavourful Muslim fare in Taiwan
Prospects of tourism between Taiwan another Islamic countries. Flavourful Muslim fare in Taiwan 2010/03/10 ZALINA MOHD SOM When in Taiwan, Malaysians can indulge in a favourite pastime — that of […]
Arabization in Xi’an
I was reading an article about Fashion amongst Chinese Muslims when I came across the following paragraph which I found particularly striking. It talks about the phenomenon of Arabization amongst […]
Malay-Muslim & Chinese-Muslim Paradox
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 […]
Chinese Islam and the Dominant Narrative
For any social community, religious or otherwise there is usually one dominant narrative and many more multiple narratives. If the community is large enough then owing to ideological, cultural or […]
Islam in China Blog: 10 Months Later
(A Hui Muslim Source: Vladimir Dinets Travel Site) Time flies. The Islam in China blog has been up for 10 months now and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. 50,000 […]
