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Fantastic conference.

New arrivals 📚

Crime, greed and jealousy in late Qing Xinjiang. From the „Peking Gazette”, July 1890.

A must-read for anyone interested in the current situation of Muslims in the PRC.

Anyone interested in the plight of Uyghurs should explore this bibliography.

Chillin’ in the mean streets of Taipei…

Things have changed since the time of Mugabe, haven’t they?

Yes, apparently. It’s reassuring to know that not all AI companies take the line described in the OP’s post.

OMG, I broke ChatGPT with my question! 😱

Asked Chat GPT this question five minutes ago, it’s still „thinking” what to say

The Xi’an mosque under reconstruction in 1980, photo by @gblee.bsky.social

His Hunanese „Uyghur” descent is really interesting.

This is ridiculous

It’s getting increasingly difficult to be Muslim in China for the Sinophone Hui.

Still, it’s hard to imagine this journal being freely distributed at, say, the Dongsi or Niujie mosques in Beijing.

Indeed, it’s an important window into the official Islamic policies of the PRC, and despite the expected CCP/Xiist content it still manages to keep its academic ambitions with some scholarly articles by Sino-Muslim scholars published in every issue (the current craze being the 伊儒会通）

With separate pastry sections for the Hui and the Han! Great picture!

I love the Turkic name of this mountain range- Tengri Tagh. The Chinese concept of 天was likely borrowed from the people of Inner Asia and their cult of Tengri.

The PRC Islamic Association of China’s (伊协) journal “Chinese Muslim” (中国穆斯林）is still being distributed at the Taipei Grand Mosque. I didn’t see it on weekdays, but several copies appeared on Friday before the Jumu’a prayer.

Primary Sources on Taiwan Visit the post for more.

Bluesky folks, sharing our website on primary sources on Taiwanese history. Consider including a few of these in your spring classes on colonialism, education, medicine, indigenous histories, and East Asian histories.

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Forces of peace 🤡

A small souvenir from 東港 in southern Taiwan: a mosque established by Indonesian fishermen, located just across the street from a small local shrine. According to people from both places, the two temples coexist amicably.