Islam in China
Islam has been in China since first century of Hijra
Sahaba did not travel to China
Early Ummayids merchants reached China to do business
Islam spread through military and business expeditions
People would impressed with character of the Muslims
Largest Muslim countries in the world is Indonesia and Malaysia accepted Islam through Merchants
Maldives is Muslim country because a Muslim made dua and people were impressed tsunami did not hit
China was composed of small dynasties and kingdoms
A major kingdom was Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty allowed a Muslims to come to China in 1067 and to business
Xian is the first city in famous Silk Road and ends in Syria
Silk Road is largest trade route
when time for Salah came the Muslims closed their shops and prayed
the people complained to the emperor
the emperor was impressed and built a masjid for them
That masjid is still standing until this day which is 1,000 years old
the descendants of this group are the Hui Muslims
China has designated 56 ethnic groups as being Chinese
10 of them are predominantly Muslim
Han Chinese are the dominant Chinese
Mandarin is from the Han
All the 53 put together are less than 10%
Hui Muslims and Han look the same and speak the same
There are 12 centuries of Islam in China
Chinese Muslims played a heroic role and fought to defend China
There are more than 40 million Muslims in China
Beijing Shang Hai are very clean
public transportation is top notch
China seems very much advance than us
China has the fastest train in the world
there was never a traffic in China
Always zooming on the freeway
Not a single car speeding or changing lanes eratictky
the streets were clean
Allah says go travel in the land and see
In every city there were Halal restaurants and masjids
Prophet said Islam will reach every home in the world
the western most Muslims met eastern most Muslims met
Chinese Muslims had a certain blend of Islam in China
They have there own calligraphy it looks Chinese but it is Arabic
the masjid in China has elements of Buddhist temple but it is a masjid
For Islam to flourish in a land it has to adopt to the culture of the land for long as Islam allows it
Every nation has its own culture
We need to minimize our judgment
There was a dragon outside a masjid which was given as protection from Emperor for the Muslims
the dragon was the emperor’s seal and no one could use a dragon
if you see the dragon outside any property the emperor is saying do not mess with this property
for the last 17 years China is a communist country
it caused the government to control every aspect of citizen life
the government had taken charge of the masjids
the government appoints and trains the imams
non of imams spoke arabic or memorized Quran
they don’t even have the tajweed we do
The Chinese government allowed them to speak with anyone that’s walks in the masjid
but not outside the masjid
they can only have halaqas in their homes not in the masjid
in East Turkmenistan China invaded this province and made it a part of China
the people there are more Turkish than Chinese
Uyughurs have been humiliated and colonised
Now they are fighting back
Han Chinese went to East Turkmenistan to control the people
They are not allowing them to pray or practice Islam
the government to wipe out the people by force
Mass incarnation likes of which not seen since Nazi Germany
This is not the inquisition in Spain 1492
Muslimahs are forced to marry Han Chinese
There is no larger city than China
no body speaks English in China
the level of knowledge in Islam is very minimal
they we’re disconnected from the world
you cannot pray in public in China