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Kamla Tung

The Muslim Connection

Zheng He & His Legacy in Nanjing

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Zheng He, quite possibly China’s most famous explorer, is our last stop on this journey through Nanjing Muslim history. Born Ma He to a Muslim family in Kunming, Yunnan Province, during the Ming Dynasty, family records claim that they traced...
The Muslim Connection

Muslim Literati of Nanjing (Part II); Neo-Confucianism Interwoven with Chinese Islam in Nanjing

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Today, if one was to introduce the three Abrahamic faiths systematically to a crowd of people unfamiliar to their beliefs, one might begin by listing their key religious texts (i.e. the Torah, the Bible, the Quran), important figures (prophets,...
The Muslim Connection

Muslim Literati of Nanjing (Part I)

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By the late Ming dynasty, the highly culturally and linguistically-assimilated Muslim communities of Nanjing presented a new problem. There existed a cavernous gap between existing Arabic/Persian-medium Islamic texts and the Sino-Muslim Chinese-speaking practitioners illiterate in those languages. In Nanjing, this...
The Muslim Connection

Mosques of Nanjing and the Community they Helped Foster

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Mosques are easy to find due to their tall minarets, as some of the clearest visible symbols of Muslim communities.  But in China, however, the Arab architectural approach with onion domes and tall skinny minarets is less common. Instead, many...
The Muslim Connection

The Muslim Connection; (2) Famed Halal Eateries in Nanjing

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Today, Nanjing is host to a small variety of halal-certified restaurants. One can find Turkish fare in Xianlin, Xinjiang-style barbeque and dishes throughout each district, local Nanjing cuisine in Gulou and simpler, cheaper Northwestern Chinese fare in your next-door...
The Muslim Connection

The Muslim Connection; (1) A Brief Historical Record

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Today, the Muslim population in Nanjing might best be described as mostly hailing from Northwestern provinces (Gansu and Ningxia; traditionally more Muslim-populated centres), with a growing, foreign-born community. Due to the tricky identity issue of having the “Hui” ethnicity...

About Me

Kamla has been in and out of Nanjing since 2009. Her interests are in education, politics, history, and how to effect change. Once eliminated from a local spelling bee for using the UK spelling of “colour”, Kamla is best be recognised through her loud laughter, perpetual iron grip on a coffee cup and dark eye bags. She spends most of her days chasing two young children with mismatched socks all over Nanjing.
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