Rachel Harris (SOAS, University of London) Aziz Isa (Independent scholar) Over the past few years, localised violent incidents have become commonplace right across Xinjiang. State media blames the ongoing violence on the spread of Islamic jihadi ideals via the Internet… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Friday noon prayers at the Qadiriyya Great Shrine (大拱北) in Linxia Recorded by Ruard Absaroka, 2pm, 28 March 2014. The Qadiriyya were the first of the Sufi menhuan to be established on Chinese soil in the late 17th century. The… Read More ›
Jahriyya Shengji (圣纪) Commemorative Ritual (Mawlid an-Nabī) Recorded by Rachel Harris, Qiaomen Mosque 乔门寺, Lanzhou, 7am, 30 March 2014. Short recorded excerpt from the climax of a three hour ritual. In 2014, this annual commemorative ritual for the birth of… Read More ›
Gedimu dhikr at the Chengjiao Mosque (城角寺) Recorded by Rachel Harris, 6.40am, 28 March 2014. The Gedimu, literally “old teachings” from the Arabic qadim, represent the loose set of ‘traditional’ practices (Hanafi and Sunni) which were present in China before… Read More ›
Khufiyya dhikr at the North Mosque (北寺), Linxia (2) Recorded by Ruard Absaroka, 6.30am, 28 March 2014. These worshippers belong to the Khufiyya menhuan, one of the main branches of the Sufi orders that were introduced into this part of China… Read More ›