Based on a brief historic analysis, this article explained how the migration of merchants from central Asian helped the global spread of Islam to ancient China starting from the seventh century and how Islam impacted the formation of Chinese Hui ethnic minority. It is identified that Islam faith played a key role in uniting together...Read More

Little has so far been discussed or written on Islam and Muslims in Japan, even less so on Islam and Muslims in Korea. This is in marked contrast to nearby China, which, though is also a Muslim minority country attracted a wide attention from scholars of either Muslim or non-Muslim world. The reason is clear,...Read More