China Wounds that fester: Histories of Chinese Islamophobia August 2, 2019 0 By Hannah Theaker. Image Credit: China by M M/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Sometime in March 2019 the Baike Baidu page about the Great Northwestern Muslim Rebellion (陕甘回民起义),…
China Chinese Islam in the City June 18, 2018 0 Written by Elizabeth Van Wie Davis. There are two major forces pressing on Chinese Muslims. The first is the massive urbanization in search of a better…
China Islam in Xinjiang: “De-Extremification” or Violation of Religious Space? June 15, 2018 1 Written by Joanne Smith Finley. As recently reported in the press, since Spring 2017, hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang…
China China’s Islamic Challenges: Perceptions and Realities June 15, 2018 0 Written by Yitzhak Shichor. According to official figures, China has about 25 million Muslims, about the number in Yemen and Uzbekistan, twice the number in…
Identity politics Muslim Feminism in India: Demanding a Gender-just Sharia April 26, 2017 0 Written by Sharik Laliwala. The debate on Sharia (Muslim Personal Law) in India has found a renewed vigour after the Union Government recommended the abolition…