China quake death toll passes 2,000

Apr. 20 |  The death toll from last week’s earthquake in China’s northwest Qinghai province has climbed to 2,039. Another 195 people are still listed as missing following the magnitude 6.9 quake which struck Yushu county last Wednesday, the official...

Islam in China (part 2 of 2)

Apr. 13 | Sad and his deputation brought presents and were warmly received at the royal court by the T’ang Emperor Kao-tsung, (r. 650-683) in c.651 CE, despite a recent plea of support against the Arabs forwarded to the Emperor in that same year by Shah Peroz...

Islam in China (part 1 of 2)

Apr. 13 | The ‘Great Mosque of Guangzhou’ is also known as Huaisheng Mosque which means ‘Remember the Sage’ (A Memorial Mosque to the Prophet) and is also popularly called the ‘Guangta Mosque’ which translates as ‘The Beacon Tower Mosque’.  Huaisheng...