Asian muslim culture

Some are built in a traditional Chinese style, with pagoda-like eaves; others, with their green tiled domes, echo Middle Eastern architecture. That distinction belongs to the Hui, a Tibetans face religious repression too as their disenchantment with Chinese rule grows. But this does not mean that Beijing is curtailing Islam nationwide. Indeed, members of the Muslim Hui community are enjoying a flowering of faith in what is, officially, still an atheist communist nation.

This research considers questions of state, nation and identity building as well as methodological questions about the role of oral history as a source for understanding the past. Lately, these interests have encouraged her to expand her work to explore the South Asian Diaspora in the United States. In addition to dozens of oral interviews with men and women in South Asia, Abbas has consulted archives in England, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. His research interests include urban and regional history in South Asia, as well as the history of the Hindi-Urdu public sphere.

With more than million Muslims in the region, Ramadan is one of the largest religious moments in Southeast Asia. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and holy month of fasting, is observed by Muslims globally. I hope fellow Muslims around the world can visit Thailand knowing the diverse choices available for them!

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