China’s Muslims prepare for sacred pilgrimage
Source: China Daily China’s Muslims prepare for sacred pilgrimageUpdated: 2012-09-26 07:58By Xue Chaohua in Lanzhou and Cui Jia in Beijing (China Daily) After five years on the waiting list, Wang […]
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China’s Hajj Diplomacy
From Middle East Online China’s Hajj Diplomacy These days, relations between China and Saudi Arabia are growing stronger — originally established by “Hajj diplomacy,” a few years after the communists […]
Chinese pilgrims return home from Mecca
From the Xinhua news agency. Chinese pilgrims return home from Mecca YINCHUAN, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — A plane carrying 323 Chinese pilgrims landed safely at Hedong Airport of Yinchuan, northwest […]
China to allow 2,700 Muslims to visit Mecca: report
via AFP. The numbers do not add up since a couple of years ago the Chinese government allowed 10,000 pilgrims to perform hajj but this news story is saying that […]
Map of Haji Zheng He’s Famous Voyages
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 […]
More Than 10,000 Chinese Hajis in 2007
Its a bit late but here is an interesting stat. Last year more than 10,000 Chinese Muslims went for Hajj. Here are the details from Xinhua. Chinese Muslim pilgrims wait […]
