Hong Kong mulls over large mosque construction as Muslim community grows
| 15 April, 2018 Print SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG The Muslim community in Hong Kong has so far amassed about HK$300,000 (US$38,200) in a drive to build a […]
Chinese official warns against creeping Islamisation
Reuters International This content was published on March 10, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Men talk on a street in China’s Linxia, Gansu province, home to a large population of ethnic […]
China’s Hui Muslims fearful Chinese New Year education ban a sign of curbs to come
Reuters International This content was published on February 17, 2018 Men gather in a park in China’s Linxia, Gansu province, home to a large population of ethnic minority Hui […]
Muslim county in China bans children from religious events over break
Reuters International This content was published on January 17, 2018 By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from attending religious […]
China moves to expand DNA testing in Muslim region
AP | Published — Tuesday 16 May 2017 Uighurs rest near a food stall in Kashgar, Xinjiang province in this Aug. 6, 2008 file photo. (AP) BEIJING: China appears to […]
When Marx Meets Islam
A Chinese regulation would prohibit online insults based on religion. Some decry it as antithetical to Communist values. BY MA TIANJIE MARCH 31, 2017 Almost every Chinese person with even a middle school education must, at some point, run into the famous statement about religion by Karl Marx: “Religion is the […]
China holds mass police rally in Xinjiang as hundreds sent to anti-terror “frontline”
Reuters International FEB 28, 2017 – BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 10,000 armed police in China’s western Xinjiang region staged a mass rally in the capital Urumqi, state media said, as authorities rolled out a rapid-response air patrol system to quell unrest that the government blames on Islamist militants. The […]
Islam, Ethnicity, and State Control in China
Authorities in Xinjiang have since May 2014 been waging a “war on terror” in response to mountingviolence in the region and elsewhere in China. Official blame for the violence has been placed onreligious extremists and separatists from the Turkic-speaking and predominately Muslim Uyghur minority native to Xinjiang, but rights groups […]
Uyghur photographer battles stereotypes with fascinating portraits
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Uyghur photographer wants to dispel stereotypes about Xinjiang. The Chinese province has become associated with Islamic terrorism. Kurbanjan Samat has taken more than 500 portraits. He hopes to […]
CHINA PUNISHES XINJIANG OFFICIAL FOR PRACTISING FAITH
BEIJING — China has reprimanded 15 Xinjiang officials for violations that include adhering to religious faith, state media said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on what the government calls illegal […]
Muslims must recognise existence of people of other faiths: Mahatir Mohammad
Source: The Star online BY NURBAITI HAMDAN SERI KEMBANGAN: Muslims must recognise the existence of people of other faiths in order to live in peace with one another, said Tun […]
Small Muslim community thrives in Taiwan
Despite being a tiny minority in this country of 24 million, the community has always felt at home and valued by the government By Omar Shariff, Deputy Editor, Weekend Review Published: 21:30 February 27, 2014 “I learnt to cook while doing my compulsory service in the Taiwanese army,” […]
Largest ever number of Chinese pilgrims coming for Haj this year
JEDDAH: Fouzia Khan ARABNEWS Wednesday 10 October 2012 This year an estimated 13,800 Chinese pilgrims from 26 different provinces in China will perform Haj. It’s the largest number of Chinese pilgrims to […]
Desert encroaches on Uighurs in China
The Taklamakan desert in the Xinjiang province of northwest China is expanding relentlessly. Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux document the gradual disappearance of Uighur culture. Most of the […]