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The glories of China’s oldest mosque, Guangzhou’s Huaisheng Mosque, and its doubtful origin story
With Hong Kong looking to the Islamic Middle East for investment, how many in the city know about China's oldest mosque, an hour away by high-speed train? At the heart of what was Guangzhou's ...
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Guang Minaret at Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou of Guangdong Province
Guang (Light) Minaret had a different role from that of pagodas and was used to call Muslims to prayer. The minaret had been called Bangke, which was changed to Guang because the Chinese ...