http://talkislam.info/2009/07/11/ive-mentioned-elsewhere-that-to-some/ a crescent waxing eloquent Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://talkislam.info/2009/07/11/ive-mentioned-elsewhere-that-to-some/#comment-8944 razib Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:37:25 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2009/07/11/ive-mentioned-elsewhere-that-to-some/#comment-8944 well, from what gather they're trying to replace turkish with chinese. note that hui often have sinicized names. e.g., the surname "ma" = muhammad. well, from what gather they’re trying to replace turkish with chinese. note that hui often have sinicized names. e.g., the surname “ma” = muhammad.

]]> http://talkislam.info/2009/07/11/ive-mentioned-elsewhere-that-to-some/#comment-8943 plimfix Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:26:58 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2009/07/11/ive-mentioned-elsewhere-that-to-some/#comment-8943 At Uni (89-92), I attended a lecture by a visiting lecturer in Chinese studies who had recently returned from researching the Uyghur region. He said that, in the region he had visited, the prevailing political climate meant Muslims felt compelled to use Chinese names in public but Muslim names in private. Interestingly, the Chinese govt had permitted some controlled expansion of Islamic education, but due to (?) civil war in Afghanistan, it seemed to be changing its mind. Uyghurs weren't really on the human rights radar back then, although it was clear they should have been. Sadly, I was the only Muslim at the lecture - the Wahhabi dominated IslamSoc at Leeds was too busy plotting to look up its own rear end to even care. Alhamdulillah things have changed. Not Chinese imperialism, though. At Uni (89-92), I attended a lecture by a visiting lecturer in Chinese studies who had recently returned from researching the Uyghur region. He said that, in the region he had visited, the prevailing political climate meant Muslims felt compelled to use Chinese names in public but Muslim names in private. Interestingly, the Chinese govt had permitted some controlled expansion of Islamic education, but due to (?) civil war in Afghanistan, it seemed to be changing its mind. Uyghurs weren’t really on the human rights radar back then, although it was clear they should have been. Sadly, I was the only Muslim at the lecture – the Wahhabi dominated IslamSoc at Leeds was too busy plotting to look up its own rear end to even care. Alhamdulillah things have changed. Not Chinese imperialism, though.

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