{"id":2463,"date":"2025-10-19T17:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbpra.com\/raphaelisraeli\/?page_id=2463"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:27:39","slug":"even-unto-china","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbpra.com\/raphaelisraeli\/even-unto-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Unto China"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2463\" class=\"elementor elementor-2463\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c372636 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"c372636\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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Prophet is reputed to have recommended.When Muslim communities composed of merchants started to settle permanently in China in the 11th century, Muslim interest veered toward the growth of the universal Muslim Umma, and the evolution of the large local Muslim community having its own special characteristics.This history book,\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Even Unto China: The Muslim Probe into the Middle Kingdom,\u00a0<\/span>was inspired by author Raphael Israeli reading Bernard Lewis&#8217;s\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">The Muslim Discovery of Europe.\u00a0<\/span>Israeli wanted to produce something similar on China, on which the Muslim influence is far less known. 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