Little Mecca

wa/salaam

wow the mosques were beautiful, as was the snow D

yeah i know

[quote="Saadia Khan"]wa/salaam

wow the mosques were beautiful, as was the snow :D[/quote]

There a special travel company in London that provides tour’s to China to discover Islamic China- a tour around Sinkiang, Chinghai, Manchuria, Kansu, Yunnan, Shensi, Hopei, provinces, all the Masjid are beautiful.

Has anybody heard that Islam in China cassette?

Shazan, do you have anymore info about that travel agency?

[size=18]Islam and China[/size]

Muslims in China have managed to practise their faith in China, sometimes against great odds, since the seventh century. Islam is one of the religions that is still officially recognised in China.
[b]
Origins[/b]

It is believed that Islam began in China during the Caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan, the third Caliph of Islam.

The Caliph sent a deputation to China in 29 AH (650 CE, eighteen years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

The delegation was headed by Sa’ad ibn Waqqas a maternal uncle of the Prophet. Sa’ad Ibn Waaqas invited the Chinese Emperor (Yung-Wei) to embrace Islam.

To show his admiration for Islam the Emperor ordered the establishment of China’s first Mosque. The magnificent Canton Mosque is known to this day as the "memorial mosque" and it still stands after fourteen centuries.

In Arab records there are only sparse records of the event, but there is a brief mention in the ancient records of the Tang dynasty. Chinese Muslims consider this event to mark the birth of Islam in China.

[b]Trade[/b]

Many Muslims went to China to trade, and these Muslims began to have a great economic impact and influence on the country. Muslims virtually dominated the import/export industry by the time of the Sung dynasty (960-1279).

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/china/index.shtml…]

[url=http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/china.html]MORE INFO[/url]

[quote="Beast"]Has anybody heard that Islam in China cassette?

Shazan, do you have anymore info about that travel agency?[/quote]

Brother I'm browsing the Muslim Directory for the tour operator details, and I have a link to that audio (Islam in China) by Halaqah media will be posting them all here soon, Insha’Allah-

[quote="Beast"]Has anybody heard that Islam in China cassette?

Shazan, do you have anymore info about that travel agency?[/quote]

The website is:

www.chinamuslimtours.com

The link to the Audio:

http://www.dubaibuzz.com/halaqahmedia.php

[quote]China home to one fifth of the Earth's population home to one of the most ancient and established civilisation in the world. China houses one treasure that she has kept hidden, greater than everything else, 50 Million Muslims and their unique history.[/quote]

[b]BUMP- [/b]Beast did you check out the site?

Yeah I did.

Raf went to China a couple of years ago. Gonna ask him about it.