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Selahattin Eyyubi (Turkey-Iran, 1970) Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Western film on the Crusades, well-received in the Islamic World for its positive representation of Islam and Muslims. Direniş Karatay (Turkey, 2018) depicts Celâleddin Karatay and Ahi Evren. Malazgirt 1071 based on the Battle of Malazgirt.
There are an estimated 17–25 million Muslims in China, less than 2 percent of the total population. [ 2] Though Hui Muslims are the most numerous group, [ 3][ 4] the greatest concentration of Muslims reside in northwestern China's Xinjiang autonomous region, which contains a significant Uyghur population.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued several Eid postage stamps, across several years—starting in 2001—honoring "two of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha." Eid stamps were released in 2001–2002, 2006–2009, 2011, and 2013. They are also being issued as Forever Stamps.
Although postal service in China goes back some 2,500 years, modern postal services were not established until 1877 by the Qing government. This 1-candareen stamp of 1885 has an unidentified seal cancellation and a postmark from the French post office in Shanghai. A 1/2-cent value of the 1897 issue, lithographed in Japan. Chinese ...
Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains. [3] [4]
The history of Islam in China dates back to 1,300 years ago. [1] [2] Currently, Chinese Muslims are a minority group in China, representing between 0.45% to 1.8% of the total population according to the latest estimates. [3] Although Hui Muslims are the most numerous group, [4] the greatest concentration of Chinese Muslims are located in ...
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Lin Qiaozhi (1990) Physician. Lin Zexu (1985) Scholar, Official. Liu Bocheng (1992) Military Commander. Liu Hui (2002) Mathematician. Liu Hulan, a spy for the Chinese Communist Party whom the Kuomingtang executed. On 30 January 1977, 30 years after she was killed, China released a set of three stamps bearing her image.