Friday Prayer (Salatul Juma’) at Changchun Mosque before heading back. This site has been voted one of China’s top 50 most beautiful mosques. Great recognition! I was told it is the last fully maintained and intact Qing-era building in the city. For comparison, Puyi’s palace up

Fascinating story about an alleged Japanese spy in Changchun’s Hui community. The Wordless Stele symbolises much for local Muslims. In 1933, Kawamura Kyodo established an Islamic Association at the mosque to monitor & control matters in the Muslim community. Forced to erect a

Ibrar Bhatt, PhD Apparently he worked for the Black Dragon Society. [Derk Bodde - Japan and the Muslims of China - Far Eastern Survey (Oct. 9, 1946)]

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This meticulously curated book documents the historical, cultural, and architectural legacy of the Xi’an Great Mosque, one of the most significant Islamic landmarks in China (and the world). It was kindly gifted to us by the author, and here we share some extracts from it...

The comprehensive guide to the site details inscriptions, plaques & couplets (in Chinese & Arabic) from every corner of the complex. It offers insight into the confluence of cultures across various dynasties. An extract details the intricate ceiling of the main hall of 675 tiles

Sino-Muslim Literacies project / 当代中国穆斯林文化素养研究 There is so much in the way of scriptural art across the whole site.

A mosque in Honhot,Southern Mongolia 🇲🇳

Wait till they hear the Adhān, Quranic or a wird recital in a mode reflective of Henan Opera or Shaanxi dialect! That which serves an ‘urfic purpose may not live up to ummatic ideals.

@FahresyMor45694 Sino-Muslim Literacies project / 当代中国穆斯林文化素养研究 Salams. Hi. They exist. Alongside standard modulations. I am writing something about this and will post it soon. In the meantime I pulled this off YouTube for you. Also see the work of Guangtian Ha

Wrote a little something for this wonderful new project: sinoarabica.com/2025/02/03/xia…

Honoured that Sino-Muslim Literacies project / 当代中国穆斯林文化素养研究 is be the most listened-to podcast in the last 12 months. As a regular listener myself, I recommend the Language on the Move series. languageonthemove.com/seven-reasons-…

I’m delighted to be the recipient of a The Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (awarded to Queen’s University Belfast) to investigate ‘heritage literacy’ in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. As grant holder and project director, I will lead a two-year study ...

I will lead a two-year study in collaboration with Research Fellow Dr. Lee-Shan Tse (a Cambridge University Anthropology graduate and Evans Fellow), conducting fieldwork on the sociolinguistics of how heritage is adapted and maintained within contemporary Muslim communities ...

This is my third research grant utilising heritage literacy as a heuristic, a concept I have developed in previous work (see link). I look forward to sharing updates with colleagues in due course. More about heritage literacy: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

For those who are interested, here are some engaging threads where I have shared heritage literacy data from a related project: x.com/SinoMuslimLit/… x.com/SinoMuslimLit/… x.com/SinoMuslimLit/…

I have a few shots of the Changchun Mosque so I am putting them together to make a little video of the lovely place. I’ll share it soon. This was Eid there today (taken from Chinese social media).

Presenting on the Heritage Literacy project for Centre for Language Education Research at Queen's. Always hungry work 😋😋

Heng gave a great talk today. A packed room, good humour, thoughtful artwork & book display. Tangential to the research, but that’s often where the most interesting ideas emerge. More on the event and others from the Chinese Culture Forum here: blogs.qub.ac.uk/mandarinchines…