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• Jahriyya funeral recitation

  By Sic on April 29, 2015

  Recorded by Ha Guangtian, Dongsigou Graveyard, Qingtongxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 21 January, 2015. The deceased is a female member from an influential Jahriyya family. In the background of the frame we can see the ahongs and other locally renowned… Read More ›

• Imams dancing to “Little Apple” in Uch Turpan, Xinjiang

  By Sic on March 25, 2015

  

  Imams in Uch Turpan dancing to the internet hit ‘Little Apple’ (Spring 2015) Song and dance has long been harnessed in the service of China’s state policy, but this latest campaign in Xinjiang seems set to make music and dance… Read More ›

• “Sounding Islam in China” project will be presenting at the AAS Annual Conference in Chicago

  By Sic on March 17, 2015

  The “Sounding Islam in China” project will be presenting a dedicated panel at the Association for Asian Scholars (AAS) Annual Conference in Chicago, March 26-29, 2015. Panel abstract There is now little doubt of the rising global connectedness of Muslims… Read More ›

• The Public Soundscape of China’s “Little Mecca”

  By Sic on February 27, 2015

  

  Wei Yukun and Xiao Mei Linxia, which lies in the central part of Gansu Province in China, is a city filled with all kinds of sounds. While some are typical of Chinese towns, others are unique to this place. As… Read More ›

• Mukhammas

  By Sic on December 9, 2014

  This recording was made in Honglefu Daotang (“Hall of Dao”) of Jahriyya Sufism after the Isha prayer (the last of the five daily prayers) on November 6, 2011. Honglefu Daotang is located in the suburb of the city of Qingtongxia,… Read More ›

• Awraad

  By Sic on December 9, 2014

  This recording was made in Honglefu Daotang (“Hall of Dao”) of Jahriyya Sufism after the Asr prayer (the third of the five daily prayers) on November 6, 2011. Honglefu Daotang is located in the suburb of the city of Qingtongxia,… Read More ›

• ‘The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur’anic Recitation

  By Sic on October 28, 2014

  Rachel Harris Ethnomusicology Forum. DOI: 10.1080/17411912.2014.956774. Published online: 22 Oct 2014 Abstract How do Muslims in different parts of the world recite and how do they hear the sound of the Qur’an? What are the purposes of their recitation, and what… Read More ›

• A Recital of the Holy Quran and zansheng (praise) in Oxford

  By Sic on October 7, 2014

  Ye Chenghui Ahong  2 pm on Thursday 23rd October.  Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, George Street, Oxford OX1 2AR cis@soas.ac.uk Ye Chenghui studied the art of Qur’anic recitation in the Great West Mosque of Lintan county in China’s northwestern Gansu province…. Read More ›

• A Recital of the Holy Quran and zansheng (praise) in SOAS

  By Sic on October 7, 2014

  Ye Chenghui Ahong 22 October 2014, 1-2pm Brunei Gallery, Room: B111 SOAS Centre for Islamic Studies Seminar Series cis@soas.ac.uk Ye Chenghui studied the art of Qur’anic recitation in the Great West Mosque of Lintan county in China’s northwestern Gansu province…. Read More ›

• Qur’an class at the Linxia “Women’s School” (女校)

  By Sic on July 28, 2014

  First year students at the Linxia “Women’s School” (女校), learning to recite the Qur’an Recorded by Rachel Harris, 11am, 27 May 2014. The Linxia Foreign Languages Women’s School, established just over 30 years ago, displays a very confident, cosmopolitan outlook,… Read More ›