Hui Legends of The Companions of the Prophet
There is the well-known Prophetic Hadith, ‘Go seek knowledge even as far as China’. Today, China has a Muslim population of over 23 million. This is divided into two main groups – the Turkic speaking Uyghurs in north-western China, and the Hui people. The Hui number over 10 million people, and live mainly in the central and northern provinces – there are over 200,000 in Beijing, for example. The ...

Mawlid Ceremonies in the Ottoman Empire
Mawlid in the Blue Mosque There is no definite information about how the ceremonies that were organized to celebrate Prophet Muhammad's birthday, or Mawlid, which is generally accepted as falling on 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal, started in the official Ottoman protocol.  The general opinion, arrived at by working from the records of some waqfs (charitable foundations) is that the celebration of this occa...

The Madina of Awliya' Chalabi
Every city has a history. This history is sometimes found in books and other times in the legacy that has passed on to the generations that follow. There are certain cities on earth whose historical pasts live not just in their written culture and monumental works, but in the hearts of people forevermore. This information that is recorded by written history and certified by historical legacy bec...

History of the Sacred Trusts
Understanding in Christianity and in the Societies before Islam Almost all members of all religious, from those accepted as a primitive to those based on divine inspirations, give importance to the remembrance belongings concerning to past. Members of some religious have great respect that closes to adoration degree, to these belongings. On the other hand, some members of other religious believe...

Karbala Martyrs Remembered Here in Istanbul For Centuries
Muharram is a month which holds unique meaning for the world of Islam and Muslims due to the fact that it is first month of the Hijri (Lunar) year and its 10th day being the day of Ashura. The day of Ashura had signified different meanings for different religions throughout history. However, it would come to be remembered as a day wherein a painful memory would become etched into the minds of...