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Takket

(21,639 posts) Wed Feb 7, 2018, 06:57 PM Feb 2018

Muslims in China

Actual conversation I just heard from people at the doctors office

Person 1: there are no Muslims in China

Person 2: actually there are.

Person 1: (laughing) how could a Chinese person know about Mohammed

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Muslims in China (Original Post) Takket Feb 2018 OP

How could an American know about Chinese people? dvduval Feb 2018 #1

There have been Muslims in China for centuries csziggy Feb 2018 #2

Yes there are, and there are areas in western China with a large Muslim population still_one Feb 2018 #4

Thanks for the info... question... Takket Feb 2018 #9

Apparently they castrated young captives and forced them to serve csziggy Feb 2018 #10

Tell it to the Uyghers.... Tanuki Feb 2018 #3

Except there is the issue that most Uyghers pangaia Feb 2018 #6

Italians too. world wide wally Feb 2018 #5

There is likely to be more Muslims in China than Saudis Arabia grantcart Feb 2018 #7

Not only are their Muslims in China, the religion, Islam, is officially recognized. Behind the Aegis Feb 2018 #8

dvduval

(260 posts)

1. How could an American know about Chinese people?

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:05 PM

Feb 2018

中国人比他们很聪明

csziggy

(34,138 posts)

2. There have been Muslims in China for centuries

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:15 PM

Feb 2018

I just finished reading Gavin Menzies' "1421" and just started his "1434". Both cover the Chinese treasure fleet which was led by a Muslim eunuch, Admiral Zheng He. Menzies' premise is that the fleet of 1421 sailed around the world, splitting up at various points to explore and map most of the world.

In "1434" Menzies proposes that the Chinese fleet visited Italy and sparked the Reformation.

Zheng He (1371–1433 or 1435), formerly romanized as Cheng Ho, was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family, later adopted the conferred surname Zheng from Emperor Yongle.[3] Zheng commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. His larger ships stretched 120 meters or more in length. These carried hundreds of sailors on four tiers of decks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

still_one

(92,433 posts)

4. Yes there are, and there are areas in western China with a large Muslim population

Reply to csziggy (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:21 PM

Feb 2018

Takket

(21,639 posts)

9. Thanks for the info... question...

Reply to csziggy (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 8, 2018, 08:41 AM

Feb 2018

What is a “court eunuch”???

csziggy

(34,138 posts)

10. Apparently they castrated young captives and forced them to serve

Reply to Takket (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 8, 2018, 11:50 AM

Feb 2018

The Imperial Court. That way, the men had no families so their allegiance was expected to only be to the Emperor.

The eunuchs did tend to serve the Emperor faithfully but at times they were opposed by the mandarins, the educated class that also served. This caused some upheaval when new emperors took office.

Tanuki

(14,923 posts)

3. Tell it to the Uyghers....

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:20 PM

Feb 2018

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

6. Except there is the issue that most Uyghers

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:13 PM

Feb 2018

do not consider themselves Chinese at all.

There is considerable hatred for Han Chinese in Xinjiang, and with good reason.

world wide wally

(21,755 posts)

5. Italians too.

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 07:23 PM

Feb 2018

(See Marco Polo)

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

7. There is likely to be more Muslims in China than Saudis Arabia

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 08:43 PM

Feb 2018

The 4 countries with the largest Muslim population are

Indonesia
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh

Islam is predominantly an Asian religion, with about 70% of the total Muslim population living in Asia and only about 20% in the Middle East.

Behind the Aegis

(54,007 posts)

8. Not only are their Muslims in China, the religion, Islam, is officially recognized.