*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: China Report on Muslims Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:40:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Islamic News and Information Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assalamu'alaikum, China/Report on Muslims ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://www.islamicnews.org/english/en_daily.html#China Beijing, Muharram 14/Apr 19 (IINA) - The number of Muslims in China is estimated at 200 million at the moment. Muslim traders introduced Islam to China way back in 681 AD, and there are ancient mosques in China that are over a thousand years old. The Deputy President of the Chinese Muslim Society told ALDAWA that there are 3,500 mosques in China at the moment, with the number of Imams standing at 4,000. He said that Muslims in China are now living in state of relief and openness, particularly for the last twenty years, adding that before that they were being persecuted and oppressed. He said now new mosques are being built, and the number of Muslims is on the increase in the country as a whole, with many Muslims attending mosques and prayers regularly. The Deputy President of the Chinese Muslim Society went on to say that there nine Islamic universities in China at the moment, and attached to every mosque is a Quran schools. This means that there are 3,500 Quran schools, in which the Quran, Hadith and the Islamic doctrine are being taught, with attendance being on the increase. Furthermore, he said, there are Chinese Muslim students pursuing further Islamic Studies at universities in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, at the same time learning the Arabic language. The majority of Chinese Muslims are involved in commerce and industry, and cooperation between China and Islamic countries has its salutary and positive effect on the Muslim community in China, said the Deputy President. He appealed for an increase in the number of scholarships that are extended to Chinese students, and also support for Islamic schools and universities, in addition to the sending of Daawa activists and supporting the Islamic publications that are published in China. He pointed out that the Chinese government does give support to the Islamic schools, and also repairs mosques. ================================================================================ ININ List Archives Found Here: http://www.inin.net/list/ ================================================================================ TO SUBSCRIBE: To subscribe to ININ please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message type in: "subscribe inin-net" (without the quotation marks). TO UNUSBSCRIBE: To unsubscribe from ININ please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message type in: "unsubscribe inin-net" (without the quotation marks). ================================================================================ CANADA'S ONLINE ISLAMIC BOOKSTORE: HTTP://WWW.ISLAMICBOOKSCANADA.COM ISLAMIC NEWS AND INFORMATION NETWORK: HTTP://WWW.ININ.NET -- . Senarai kumpulan sokongan komputer dan internet. Hantarkan email kosong kepada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.bigfoot.com/~hafnie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Melanggan ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body : SUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Berhenti ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body: UNSUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Segala pendapat yang dikemukakan tidak menggambarkan ) ( pandangan rasmi & bukan tanggungjawab HIZBI-Net ) ( Bermasalah? Sila hubungi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pengirim: Harisfazillah Bin Jamel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>