The Id Kah mosque is a mosque located in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in the western People's Republic of China. Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Russia. ... Kashgar, (Uyghur: قەشقەر/K̢ǝxk̢ǝr; Chinese: 喀什; pinyin: , 39°28′ N 76°03′ E), is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Xinjiang (Chinese: æ–°ç–†; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: ), full name Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

The mosque was built by Shakesimirzha in 1422 (although it included older structures dating back to the 8th century) and covers 16,800 square meters. The mosque was built in 996. Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Russia. ... Events August 31 - Henry VI becomes King of England. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... Events March/April - Pope John XV dies before being being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. ...

It was at the center of a sharp rise in tension between the Muslim Uyghurs and the ruling Han Chinese in Xinjiang in 2003, when the government decided to replace it with a motorway and a shopping mall. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Uyghurs (also called Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs) (Simplified Chinese: 维吾尔; Traditional Chinese: 維吾爾; pinyin: ) are a Turkic ethnic group of people living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where they are the largest ethnic group together with Han people), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also: List of famous mosques A partial list of famous mosques: Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem Al-Azhar, the great mosque of Cairo, Egypt, whose university is the foremost school of Sunni Islam Al-Hakim Mosque, one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo, Egypt Ar-Rifaye Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India...

See also

• Timeline of Islamic history
• Islamic architecture
• Islamic art
• List of mosques
• Islam in China

There is much more to Muslim history than military and political history; this particular chronology is almost entirely of military and political history. ... Islamic architecture is the entire range of architecture that has evolved from Islam as a social, cultural, political and religious phenomenon. ... From Foundation to the Umayyad Mediums of Islamic art Islamic art throughout history has been mainly abstract and decorative, portraying geometric, floral, Arabesque, and calligraphic designs. ... List of famous mosques throughout the world: Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem Al-Azhar, the great mosque of Cairo, Egypt, whose university is the foremost school of Sunni Islam Al-Hakim Mosque, one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo, Egypt Al-Rahma Mosque in Liverpool, England Ar-Rifaye Mosque... China is home to a large population of practioners of Islam. ...

External links

• Reuters report
• Travel China entry