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Seek knowledge even asfar as China.

-Saying of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)


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DO YOU KNOW HIM ?


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What is Islam

Islam is a monotheistic, religion. The word

Islam means "submission", or the total

surrender of oneself to God, or Allah in Arabic.

An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim,

meaning "one who submits God The word

Muslim is the participle of the same verb of

which Islam is the infinitive. There arebetween 1 billion - 1.8 billion Muslims, making

Islam the second-largest religion in the world.


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How many Muslims are there in

China?

There does not seem to be any consensus on

this number. Most estimates range from as

low as 10 million to as high as 100 million

Muslims in China. However the figure of 25

million Muslims seems more plausible.

. According to the CIA World Fact book, about

1%-2% of the total population in China are

Muslims


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Muslims distribution in china


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Origin of Islam in china

According to China Muslims' traditionallegendary accounts, Islam was first broughtto China by an embassy sent by Uthman, the

third Caliph, in 651, less than twenty yearsafter the deathof prophet Muhammad. the Tang emperorwho received the envoy then ordered the

construction of the Memorialmosque in Canton, the first mosque in thecountry, in memory of the prophet


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The magnificent Canton city mosque known to this day as the

'Memorial Mosque.' still stands today, after fourteen

centuries.


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Tang dynasty

Arab people are first noted in Chinese written

records, under the name Ta shi in the annals of

the Tang Dynasty (618-907) (Ta shi or Da shi is the

Chinese rendering of Tazi--the name the Persianpeople used for the Arabs.

The Persian immigrants introduced polo, their

cuisine, their musical instruments, and theirknowledge of medicine to China.


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Song dynasty

Many Muslims went to China to trade, and these

Muslims began to have a great economic impact and

influence on the country. During the Song

Dynasty (960-1279), Muslims in China dominatedforeign trade and the import/export industry to the

south and west

In 1070, the Song emperor, Shen-tsung

(Shenzong) invited 5,300 Muslim men

from Bukhara, to settle in China


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The YuanD

ynasty of China, continued tomaintain excellent relationship with other

nomadic tribes of Mongolia.

According to Iranian historian Rashidu'd-Din

Fadlu'llah, of these 12 governors, 8

were Muslims; in the remaining districts,

Muslims were vice-governors


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In the fourteenth century, the total population

of Muslims was 4 million Genghis Khan, and the following Yuan

Emperors forbade Islamic practices like Halal

butchering, forcing Mongol methods of

butchering animals on Muslims, and other

restrictive degrees continued.


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Ming dynasty

Muslims continued to flourish in China during

the Ming Dynasty. During Ming rule, the

capital, Nanjing, was a center of Islamic

learning. The Ming dynasty saw the rapid

decline in the Muslim population in the sea

ports. This was due to the closing of all

seaport trade with the outside world


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Some of the Hui surnames are derivedfrom Arabic and Farsinames. Thus the following

names used by Chinese Hui Muslims have theirorigin inArabic and Farsi.

Ma for Muhammad

Han forMuhammad

Ha for Hasan

Hu for Hussein

Sai for Said

Sha for Shah

Zheng for Shams


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The Great Mosque, Xian

1392, Ming Dynasty


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Qing dynasty

The rise of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) made

relations between the Muslims and Chinese more

difficult. Muslims suffered a decline in status, and

numerous Hui rebellions, such as the PanthayRebellion (1855-1873), Dungan revolt (1862-1878).

However, even in the Qing Dynasty, Muslims had

many mosques in the large cities, with particularly

important ones

in Beijing, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and other

places.


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Genocide

During the time, the Muslims, along withthe Miao people, revolted against the QingDynasty, most notably in the Dunganrevolt (1862-1877) and the Panthayrebellion 1856-1873) in Yunnan. The Manchugovernment committed genocide to suppressthese little known revolts, killing a million peoplein the Panthay rebellion, several million in

the Dungan revolt.[

A "washing off the Muslims"( (xi Hui)) policy had been long advocatedby officials in the Manchu government.


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Republic of China

Under China's current leadership, in fact, Islam

appears to be undergoing a modest revival. Religious

leaders report more worshipers now than before the

Cultural Revolution, and a reawakening of interest inreligion among the young.

According to a publication on mosques in, there are

now 32,749 mosques in the entire People's Republic

of China, with 23,000 in the province of Xinjiang.


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