Flashcards: Islam in China

Chinese Tajiks or Mountain Tajiks in China (Sarikoli: [tudʒik], Tujik; Chinese: 塔吉克族; pinyin: Tǎjíkè Zú), including Sarikolis (majority) and Wakhis (minority) in China, are an extension of the Pamiri ethnic group that lives in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.

The Hui people (Chinese: 回族; pinyin: Huízú; Wade–Giles: Hui2tsu2, Xiao'erjing: خُوِذُو; Dungan: Хуэйзў, Xuejzw) are a Chinese ethnic group which is composed predominantly of adherents of the Muslim faith and found throughout China, though they are concentrated mainly in the Northwestern provinces of the country and the Zhongyuan.

The Wakhi people, or Khik (called Guhjali in upper Hunza, Pakistan), are an ethnic group in the Wakhan of today's Badakhshan region located in northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.

The Uyghurs (/ˈwiːɡərz/; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر, Уйғур‎, ULY: Uyghur  [ʔʊjˈʁʊː]; Old Turkic: ; Chinese: 维吾尔族; pinyin: Wéiwúěr zú) are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia.

The Songjiang Mosque (Chinese: 松江清真寺; pinyin: Sōngjiāng Qīngzhēnsì), formerly called the Real Religion Mosque, is a mosque in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China.

The Xiaotaoyuan Mosque (Chinese: 小桃园清真寺; pinyin: Xiǎotáoyuán Qīngzhēnsì), formerly known as Islamic Western Mosque or Shanghai Western Mosque, is a mosque in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China.

Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari (Persian: سید اجل شمس‌الدین عمر‎‎; Chinese: 赛典赤·赡思丁; pinyin: Sàidiǎnchì Zhānsīdīng) (1211–1279) was Yunnan's first provincial governor in history, appointed by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

Islam in China has existed through 1,400 years of continuous interaction with Chinese society.

The Great Mosque of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安大清真寺; pinyin: Xīān Dà Qīngzhēnsì) is the largest mosque in China.

The Pamiris (Tajik: Помири, Persian: پامیری‎‎) are an Iranian ethnic group in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of eastern Tajikistan, the Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan, and the Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan regions of northern Pakistan.

The Utsuls ([hu˩ t͡saːn˧˨]; traditional Chinese: 回輝人; simplified Chinese: 回辉人; pinyin: Huíhuī rén) or (Chinese: 海南回族; pinyin: Hǎinán huízú) are an ethnic group which lives on the island of Hainan, China, and are considered one of the People's Republic of China's undistinguished ethnic groups.

The Salar people (Salar: Salır, سالار; Chinese: 撒拉族; pinyin: Sālāzú, Xiao'erjing: صَالاذُ) are an ethnic minority of China who largely speak the Salar language, an Oghuz Turkic language.

Kazakhs, called Hāsàkè Zú in Chinese (哈萨克族; literally "Kazakh ethnic group") are among 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

The Daowai Mosque or Harbin Mosque (Chinese: 道外清真寺; pinyin: Dàowài Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Daowai District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

The Niujie Mosque (simplified Chinese: 牛街礼拜寺; traditional Chinese: 牛街禮拜寺; pinyin: Niújiē lǐbàisì; Wade–Giles: Niu-chieh Li-pai-ssu "Oxen Street House of Worship" or Chinese: 牛街清真寺; pinyin: Niújiē Qīngzhēnsì; Wade–Giles: Niu-chieh Ch'ing-chen-ssu "Oxen Street Mosque") is the oldest mosque in Beijing, China.

The history of Islam in China began when four Ṣaḥābā—Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqās (594–674), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and Jahsh preached in 616/17 and onwards in China after coming from Chittagong-Kamrup-Manipur route after sailing from Abyssinia in 615/16.

Uyghur (Old Turkic: ) history is divided by some historians into four distinct phases: Pre-Imperial (300 BC – AD 630), Imperial (AD 630–840), Idiqut (AD 840–1200), and Mongol (AD 1209–1600), with perhaps a fifth modern phase running from the death of the Silk Road in AD 1600 until the present.

The Ispah rebellion (Chinese: 亦思巴奚兵乱; pinyin: Yìsībāxī Bīngluàn) was a series of civil wars occurring in the middle of 14th century in Fujian under the Yuan dynasty.

The Macau Mosque and Cemetery (Traditional Chinese: 澳門伊斯蘭清真寺及墳場; Portuguese: Mesquita e Cemitério de Macau) is the only mosque and Muslim cemetery in Macau, China.

Muhammad Amin Bughra also Muḥammad Amīn Bughra (1901–1965) (Uyghur: مۇھەممەد ئىمىن بۇغرا‎) (محمد أمين بغرا), Муххамад Эмин Бугро, Chinese: 穆罕默德·伊敏; pinyin: Mùhǎnmòdé·Yīmǐn (sometimes known by his Turkish name Mehmet Emin Bugra) was a Turkic Muslim leader, who planned to set up an independent state, the First East Turkestan Republic.

The Huasi Mosque (simplified Chinese: 华寺清真寺; traditional Chinese: 華寺清真寺; pinyin: Huásì Qīngzhēnsì; literally: "Multicoloured Mosque") was a mosque in China built during the reign of the Chenghua Emperor (r. 1465–1487) in the Ming dynasty.

The Panthay rebellion (1856–1873), known to Chinese as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion (Tu Wen-hsiu Rebellion; Chinese: 杜文秀起義; pinyin: Dù Wénxiù Qǐyì), was a rebellion of the Muslim Hui people and other (non-Muslim) ethnic minorities against the Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty in southwestern Yunnan Province, as part of a wave of Hui-led multi-ethnic unrest.

The Jingxing Road Mosque (Chinese: 景星路清真寺; pinyin: Jǐngxīng Lù Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China.

As the Yuan dynasty ended, many Mongols as well as the Muslims who came with them remained in China.

The Jinjue Mosque (Chinese: 净觉寺; pinyin: Jìngjué Sì) is a mosque in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

The Houjie Mosque (Chinese: 后街清真寺; pinyin: Hòujiē Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, Gansu, China.

The Taiyuan Ancient Mosque (Chinese: 太原清真古寺; pinyin: Tàiyuán Qīngzhēn Gǔsì) is a mosque in Xinghualing District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China.

The Shanxiang Mosque (Chinese: 山巷清真寺; pinyin: Shānxiàng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Runzhou District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China.

The Changzhou Mosque (Chinese: 常州清真寺; pinyin: Chángzhōu Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Tianning District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.

The Wuxi Mosque (Chinese: 无锡清真寺; pinyin: Wúxī Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Chong'an District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China.

The Yuehu Mosque (Chinese: 月湖清真寺; pinyin: Yuèhú Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.

The Najiaying Mosque (Chinese: 纳家营清真寺; pinyin: Nàjiāyíng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Tonghai County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, China.

The Lhasa Great Mosque (Chinese: 拉萨清真大寺; pinyin: Lāsà Qīngzhēn Dàsì), also known as Hebalin Mosque, is a mosque in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

The Fuzhou Mosque (Chinese: 福州清真寺; pinyin: Fúzhōu Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China.

The Kuomintang Islamic insurgency refers to a continuation of the Chinese Civil War by Muslim Kuomintang Republic of China Army forces in Northwest China, in the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, and another insurgency in Yunnan.

The Dongsi Mosque (Chinese: 东四清真寺; pinyin: Dōngsì Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Dongsi Subdistrict, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China.

The Qingjing Mosque (Chinese: 清淨寺; pinyin: Qīngjìng Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-chēng-sī; Arabic: مسجد الأصحاب‎, translit. Masjid al-Aṣḥāb‎), also known as the Ashab Mosque, is a mosque located in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

The Tongxin Great Mosque (Chinese: 同心清真大寺; pinyin: Tóngxīn Qīngzhēn Dàsì) is a mosque in Tongxin County, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

The Dunhuang Mosque (Chinese: 敦煌清真寺; pinyin: Dūnhuáng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, China.

The Caoqiao Mosque (Chinese: 草桥清真寺; pinyin: Cǎoqiáo Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

The Fuyou Road Mosque (Chinese: 福佑路清真寺; pinyin: Fúyòu Lù Qīngzhēnsì), also known as the North Mosque, is a mosque in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China.

The Laohua Mosque (Chinese: 清真老华寺; pinyin: Qīngzhēn Lǎohuá Sì) is a mosque in Linxia City, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China.

The Nanning Mosque (Chinese: 南宁清真寺; pinyin: Nánníng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Xingning District, Nanning City, Guangxi, China.

The Qufu Mosque (Chinese: 曲阜市清真寺; pinyin: Qūfù Shì Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Qufu City, Shandong Province, China.

The Taizi Great Mosque (Chinese: 台子清真大寺; pinyin: Táizi Qīngzhēn Dàsì) is a mosque in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

The Xiguan Mosque (Chinese: 西关清真寺; pinyin: Xīguān Qīngzhēnsì), also known as West Cross Mosque, is a mosque in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.

On a Tightrope (2007) is an award-winning documentary film by Petr Lom, co-produced by Piraya Film and Lom Films, in cooperation with the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights.

The Xianxian Mosque (Chinese: 先贤清真寺; pinyin: Xiānxián Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.

The historical area of what is modern day Xinjiang consisted of the distinct areas of the Tarim Basin and Dzungaria, and was originally populated by Indo-European Tocharians and Saka peoples, who practiced Buddhism.

The Huxi Mosque (Chinese: 沪西清真寺; pinyin: Hùxī Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Putuo District, Shanghai, China.

The Jiangwan Mosque (Chinese: 江湾清真寺; pinyin: Jiāngwān Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China.

The Pudong Mosque (Chinese: 浦东清真寺; pinyin: Pǔdōng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Pudong District, Shanghai, China.

The Ngolok rebellions (1917-1949) were a series of military campaigns against unconquered Ngolok (Golok) tribal Tibetan areas of Qinghai (Amdo), undertaken by two Hui commanders, Gen.

Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

Diamond in the Dunes is a feature-length documentary produced by the Documentary Foundation about a Chinese-Muslim baseball team in Xinjiang Province, China.