Yangzhou,postal romanization Yangchow,is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province,East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze,it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest,Huai'an to the north,Yancheng to the northeast,Taizhou to the east,and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Its population was 4,559,797 at the 2020 census and its urban area is home to 2,635,435 inhabitants,including three urban districts,currently in the agglomeration.
The Great Mosque of Xi'an is one of the largest premodern mosques in China. Although the mosque was first built in the year 742 AD during the Tang dynasty,its current form was largely constructed in 1384 AD during Emperor Hongwu's reign of the Ming dynasty,as recorded by the Records of Xi'an Municipality (西安府志).
The Islamic Association of China is the official government supervisory organ for Islam in the People's Republic of China. The association is controlled by the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) following the State Administration for Religious Affairs' absorption into the United Front Work Department in 2018.
Yusuf Ma Dexin was a Hui Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi scholar from Yunnan,known for his fluency and proficiency in both Arabic and Persian,and for his knowledge of Islam. He also went by the Chinese name Ma Fuchu. He used the Arabic name Abd al-Qayyum Ruh al-Din Yusuf. He was also styled as "Mawlana al-Hajj Yusuf Ruh al-Din Ma Fujuh".
According to the 2016 census,Islam is practised by 4.1% of the population of Hong Kong,or about 300,000 Muslims. Of this number,50,000 are Chinese,150,000 are Indonesians and 30,000 are Pakistanis,with the rest from other parts of the world. The vast majority of Muslims in Hong Kong are Sunni.
Islam in Macau is a minority religion in the region. According to the Islamic Union of Hong Kong,together with all of the foreign Muslim workers combined,there are around 10,000 Muslims in Macau. Only around 400 are local Macanese people,and they are collective known as The Macau Islamic Society.
The history of Islam in China goes back to the earliest years of Islam. According to the Chinese Old book of Tang Muslim missionaries reached China through an embassy sent by ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (644–656),the third rāshidūn caliph,in 651 CE,less than twenty years after the death of Muhammad in the second year of the third Tang Dynasty Emperor. Saʿd ibn AbīWaḳḳāṣ,the maternal uncle and second cousin of Muhammad,was sent with a delegation to meet the Emperor Gaozong of Tang. The construction of Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou,the first mosque in the country,is attributed to him.
The Yangzhou massacre in May,1645 in Yangzhou,Qing dynasty China,refers to the mass killing of people in Yangzhou by Manchu and defected Han Chinese Ming soldiers,commanded by the Manchu general Dodo.
The Ispah rebellion were a series of civil wars in the middle of 14th century in Fujian during the Yuan dynasty. The term Ispah might derive from the Persian word "سپاه" (sepâh),meaning "army" or "Sepoy". Thus,the rebellion is also known as the Persian Sepoy rebellion in Chinese documents.
Bukui Mosque is a mosque in Qiqihar,Heilongjiang,China. It is located in Mosque Road off Bukui Street. It was built during the Qing dynasty,and listed in 2006 as a Major Site to Be Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level. It is the largest and oldest mosque in the province.
Lanxi Daolong,born in Sichuan Province,China in 1213 A.D.,was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk,calligrapher,idealist philosopher,and is the founder of the Kenchō-ji sect,which is a branch of the Rinzai school.
Puhaddin,sinified as Puhading,was a 16th-generation descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who supposedly proselytized in China between 1265 and 1274 during the Mongol conquest of the Southern Song dynasty.
The Macau Mosque and Cemetery is the only mosque and Muslim cemetery in Macau,China,located in the parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima.
The Ammar Mosque and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre or Wan Chai Mosque is a mosque and Islamic centre in Wan Chai,Hong Kong. It is the third mosque built in Hong Kong.
The Islamic Union of Hong Kong is an Islamic charitable and non-profit organisation in Hong Kong,China. The headquarters of the union is at the Ammar Mosque and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre.
The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League,the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their fifth consecutive title of the league.
Chang'an Ford 2017 Chinese FA Super Cup was the 15th Chinese FA Super Cup,an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Chinese Super League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played at Chongqing Olympic Sports Center on 25 February 2017,and contested by league and cup double winners Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and league runners-up Jiangsu Suning. Guangzhou Evergrande won the match 1–0 with a goal from Alan Carvalho. It was Guangzhou Evergrande's third outright victory in the Chinese FA Super Cup,drawing level with Dalian Shide and Shanghai Shenhua.
The Beida Mosque is a mosque located in Qinyang,Henan,China. It is the largest architectural complex of mosque in the Central Plains.
Muhammad Ali Yu Zhengui was a Chinese historian and scholar of Islam. He served as Executive Vice President of the Islamic Association of China and President of the Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.
Islam is a minority religion in the Chinese province of Sichuan. The total number of Muslims are 112,478 according to a 2004 census conducted by the Islamic Association of China,the majority are ethnic Hui. Chengdu,the provincial capital,and Xichang,capital of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture,are the two cities with high concentration and long history of the Hui communities. According to a 1990 census,23,288 Muslims resided in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of western Sichuan,with about 40 mosques catering to their religious needs. Counties with highest number of Muslims in this region are Ma'o,Ngawa,Quqên,Sirza Degu,Sungqu,Tsanlha,and Zoigê.
