Summer 2013 (June 24-July 31) HUMA 1910 World Religions: Islam in China Instructor: Jianping Wang Email: wangjp27@shnu.edu.cn Time: 12:00 PM-1:50 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed & Thur) Venue: Room 2302 Office hours: by appointment Office: Room 2363 TA: Lizhu Li Email: lliak@ust.hk Description This course is to help students to know the basic situation of Islam in China with the aspects of history, culture, doctrine, ritual ceremonies, practice, Sufi mysticism, education, religious organization, the Islamic law implementing, and relationship with Communism, interaction with other religious traditions in China. It also unfolds the cultural features of the Muslim ethnic minorities in China and their relation with the Islamic world. There are no required textbooks for this class, but reading the reference materials is recommended. Assessment Course Attendance: 20% One in-class quizzes: 10% Group presentations: 10% Tutorial participation: 20% One individual paper as final examination: 40% Suggested English Literatures Marshall Broomhall: Islam in China A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910. Raphael Israeli: Muslims in China: a Study in Cultural Confrontation. Atlantic Highlands, N.J: Humanities Press, 1980.. Islam in China: Religion, Ethnicity, Culture, and Politics. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2002. Dru Gladney: Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People s Republic, Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press, 1991. Jonathan Lipman: Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1997. Donald D. Leslie: Islam in Traditional China: A Short History to 1800. Canberra: Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1986. Jianping Wang: Concord and Conflict: the Hui Communities of Yunnan Society in a Historical Perspective. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1996. Michael Dillon: China s Muslim Hui Community: Migration, Settlement and Sects. Curzon Press, 1999. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite: The Dao of Muhammad: A Cultural History of Muslims in Late 1
Imperial China, Harvard East Asian Monographs, 2005. Course Outline First Week 1. Course Introduction. June 24 Self-Introduction, Purpose and Motives An overall view of Islam in China: Statistics and Facts Muslim population, geographic distribution, mosques, Clerics Sects, factions, Islamic organizations and the Network Islam under the state policy Diversity and Unity Links with the Islamic world. Assignment: Donald D. Leslie: Islam in Traditional China: A Short History to 1800. Canberra: Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1986, the first chapter. 2. History of Islam in China (1). June 25 The Coming of Islam into China: Time and Route Muslims in the Tang Dynasty Muslim Enclaves in the Song Dynasty Islam in the Mongol Empire (the Yuan Dynasty) 3. History of Islam in China (2). June 26 Acculturation in the Ming Dynasty Confrontation in the Manchu Dynasty (the Qing) Revival in the Republic Assignment: Marshall Broomhall: Islam in China A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910, the chapter of history. No Tutorial. June 27 (Islam in Xinjiang, arrange the discussion and documentary film show) Week Two 1. No class because of holiday. July 1 2. Faith of the Muslims. July 2. Six Covenants Five Pillars in Practices Interpretation of Islam with Terminology of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism Interaction with Chinese Spiritual Traditions Dynamic and Dialectic Localization of Islam in China Social Context Assignment: Raphael Israeli: Muslim in China: A Study in Cultural Confrontation. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, 1978, pp. 37-49. 2. Muslim Community. July 3 Role of Mosque Religious Structure Patchwork and Network Economy and waqf (religious endowments) Foundation 2
External Relations with China Society Assignment: Winters, Clyde-Ahmad: Mao or Muhammad: Islam in the People s Republic of China. Published: Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1979. Read the part of the State policy. Tutorial. July 4 Week Three 1. Islamic Law Hanafi School Legitimate Implementing ibad (law of religious obligations) and hudud (law of penalty) The Practices of the Turkic Society The Practices of the Hui Society Flexibility in Local Environment Assignment: Article of Sina in Encyclopedia of Islam, the new edition, Leiden. 3. Factions and Sufi Orders (1). July 9 Qadim: the traditional majority Ikhwani Movement Salafiyya Shi a Islam Jahriyya Order 3. Factions and Sufi Orders (2). July 10 Khafiyya Order Qadariyya Order Kubriyya Order Other Sufi Orders Assignment: Lipman, Jonathan. Familiar strangers: a history of Muslims in Northwest China. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997, pp. 58-102. Tutorial. July 11 Week Four 1. In-class quiz. July 15 The Islamic Education Madrasah System khalifa (students) and mu alim (teachers) Courses and Textbooks Teaching Methods Publication Connection with the Islamic World Assignment: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite: The Dao of Muhammad: A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China, Harvard East Asian Monographs, 2005, the first chapter. 2. Islamic Culture. July 16 Living Customs 3
Festivals and Ceremonies Language and Calligraphy Architectural Styles of Mosque and Shrine 3. Islamic Arts. July 17 Literature Music, Dance and Songs Handcraft Work Assignment: Michael Dillon: China s Muslim Hui Community: Migration, Settlement and Sects. Curzon Press, 1999, the chapter of history and culture. 4. Tutorial. July 18 Week Five 1. Relation with Communist Government. July 22 The Islamic Association Mosque Management Board Integration with the Mainstream Polity Mechanic Role in Adjustment Handling Contradiction and Crisis Assignment: James Millward: Violent separatism in Xinjiang: a critical assessment. Washington, DC: East-West Center Washington, 2004, pp. 10-22. 2. Islam and Modernity (1). July 23 Adaptation to the Socialist Spiritual Civilization Construction Building a Harmonious Society Developing Islamic Economy 3. Islam and Modernity (2). July 24 Tutorial. July 25 Week Six 1. The Quran in China. July 30 Hand-copy of the Quran Khatim (the Seal of the Quran) Arabic Studies of the Quran Chinese Translation of the Quran Assignment: the Arabic Text with the English translation of the Holy Quran by Muhammad Ali, Pakistan printing, 2002. 2. What is the Future Perspective of Islam in China? July 31 Islam in Cross-Road Struggle to Maintain Traditional Islam in order to avoid of assimilation Encountering with Secularization Radical Trends Response with the Events of the Worldwide Chinese Islam or Islam in China? Assignment: Raphael Israeli: Muslim in China: A Study in Cultural Confrontation. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, 1978. Read the Parts of the final two 4
chapters. Individual paper due in class, the deadline: July 31, 2013. *The individual paper Formatting: printed, 5-6 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font (Times New Roman) Guide lines for reference citation: http://www.huma.ust.hk/general/files/ug_termpapercitationformat_e.pdf. 5