New Era Achan Practical Handbook

Author: Chen Guangyuan
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This is a tool-based book specifically written for Imams. Its main content covers fundamental Islamic doctrines, knowledge of daily religious affairs, general knowledge, and relevant policy and regulatory documents. Compiling such a book holds significant practical importance for contemporary Chinese Muslims. The history of Islam in China spans over 1,300 years, and the population of Chinese Muslims has reached over 20 million. Currently, China has nearly 40,000 mosques, with over 50,000 Imams engaged in Islamic affairs. They play a vital role in disseminating Islamic knowledge, promoting Islamic culture, conducting Islamic affairs, and uniting Muslim communities. At present, how to cultivate Islamic clergy who are knowledgeable in both religion and law, policy, and can properly guide the broader Muslim population has become a topic of practical significance. He hopes that Imams across the country, while studying and mastering Islamic knowledge and performing their religious duties, will also learn practical politics, government policies on religion, and modern scientific and cultural knowledge, keeping pace with the times.
The book also systematically introduces the history of Islam and the knowledge of Islamic affairs that incumbent Imams, students of Islamic seminaries, and mosque Hafiz need to master, as well as the doctrines and regulations they should adhere to. It serves as a reference manual for incumbent Imams in mosques across various regions, a valuable textbook for students of Islamic seminaries and mosque Hafiz, and a reference for those working in Islamic affairs.