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Video Post: Isha'a (evening prayer) during Ramadan at Yinchuan's Nanguan Mosque, July 2014
With all the news of late that Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was beginning to follow the example of Xinjiang in removing Islam and...
David R. Stroup
Dec 24, 2018
2 min read
Reflections on the Weizhou Grand Mosque controversy
There's some excellent reporting from Nectar Gan at the South China Morning Post about the struggle of the Hui community of Weizhou--...
David R. Stroup
Aug 10, 2018
7 min read
Video: Afternoon Prayer at Xining's Dongguan Grand Mosque
The undisputed heart of Xining's Islamic community is the Dongguan Grand Mosque (东关清真大寺). Located on the south side of Dongguan Avenue...
David R. Stroup
May 3, 2016
1 min read
Photo Essay: The Najiahu Mosque
Sometimes there's a lot of material that doesn't find its way into a single blog post, but is too good to just not share. I've been...
David R. Stroup
Apr 11, 2016
1 min read
Jinan's 720 year old Great Southern Mosque: A Photographic Introduction
Traditionally, Hui communities surround a community mosque. Historically speaking, this makes sense. The Hui's ancestors came to China as...
David R. Stroup
Nov 22, 2015
1 min read
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