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In 755 a contingent of 4000 soldiers mostly Muslim Turks was

Summary: In 755 a contingent of 4000 soldiers mostly Muslim Turks was sent by the Abbasid caliph Abu Jafar al Mansur to help the Chinese emperor Su Tsung quell a revolt by one of his military commanders An LuShan Following the recapture of the imperial capital Ch���angan today���s Xian these soldiers settled in China married Chinese wives and founded inland Muslim colonies similar to those established by the traders on the coast   A Chinese Muslim wedding is very complex but it avoids all superstitions such as the reading of the horoscopes of the betrothed persons Some ask the Ahund to read the Arabic wedding rite on the wedding day or the day before If one of the parties is not a Muslim the Ahund admits that one into Islam one or two days before the wedding so both may be of the same faith Betrothal money was not taken seriously since it looked like a business transaction Now it is customary to give clothing or jewelry or a small amount of money is given and looked upon as only a symbol Marriage is based on love This change should be introduced to other Islamic countries as a means of solving the problem of the decrease in marriage due to the heavy betrothal price Contacts between Muslims and Chinese began very early Arab merchants traded in silk even before the advent of Islam and tradition has it that the new religion was brought to their port city trading colonies by Muslim missionaries in the seventh century In 755 a contingent of 4000 soldiers mostly Muslim Turks was sent by the Abbasid caliph Abu Jafar al Mansur to help the Chinese emperor Su Tsung quell a revolt by one of his military commanders An LuShan Following the recapture of the imperial capital Ch���angan today���s Xian these soldiers settled in China married Chinese wives and founded inland Muslim colonies similar to those established by the traders on the coast   A Chinese Muslim wedding is very complex but it avoids all superstitions such as the reading of the horoscopes of the betrothed persons Some ask the Ahund to read the Arabic wedding rite on the wedding day or the day before If one of the parties is not a Muslim the Ahund admits that one into Islam one or two days before the wedding so both may be of the same faith Betrothal money was not taken seriously since it looked like a business transaction Now it is customary to give clothing or jewelry or a small amount of money is given and looked upon as only a symbol Marriage is based on love This change should be introduced to other Islamic countries as a means of solving the problem of the decrease in marriage due to the heavy betrothal price Contacts between Muslims and Chinese began very early Arab merchants traded in silk even before the advent of Islam and tradition has it that the new religion was brought to their port city trading colonies by Muslim missionaries in the seventh century

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