Fourteen dead in mosque crush in China’s Ningxia region
Sad news from China to inaugurate. (via BBC) Fourteen dead in mosque crush in China’s Ningxia region 5 January 2014 Last updated at 22:15 ET Fourteen people have been killed […]
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Roof of mosque, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936
Source: USC Digital Archives (original source Yale Divinity School archives)
Taipei Grand Mosque
Image Source: IADB
China shifts to more ‘authentic’ Arabian-style mosques
From the National China shifts to more ‘authentic’ Arabian-style mosques Daniel Bardsley Jul 18, 2012 With its two-storey pagoda-style tower in place of a minaret, and ceramic animals on the […]
Mosque for Chinese Muslims nears reality
The news is a couple of months old but better late than never. I have been following this news for some time now and it seems that it is finally […]
Construction Periods of Mosques in Beijing
Here is a list of construction period of mosques built in Beijing until the 1930s, taken from the text “Beijing’s Hui Muslim Community.” Song Dynasty 1 Yuan Dynasty 4 Ming […]
Mosque Collapse in Qinghai
Sad news, a mosque under construction in the Taer Town of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in the Qinghai province collapsed last Thursday killing eight people and about 20 […]
Inscription at Ashab Mosque in China
Here is translation from an inscription at Ashab Mosque also known as the Huaisheng (devoted to the Prophet”, or else “devoted to the sage” ) Mosque. (Source: China Heritage Quaterly). […]
Islam in China: Pictures: The Great Mosque of Xian (iv)
Islam in China: Pictures: The Great Mosque of Guangzhou
[Image Source: ArchNet, Caption: View to west with Ming portal addition in foreground and tripartite qibla hall in background]
