1st Track : Evolution of Mosque Architecture through the Ages
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Research paper Title
Muslims’ Identity under Sinosphere: A Sociopolitical History of Islamic Architecture Sinicization
Personal Biography
I received my M.A. degree in Iranian and Persianate studies from the institute of Iranian Studies at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen on July, 2024. Currently, I am working as a research and teaching (scientific) assistant at the Institute of Iranian Studies at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. I am also going to start my PhD studies in the respective field, specialized on Indo-Persian studies of medicine and occult sciences. I am mostly interested in studying history of medicine and magics, and the sociopolitical history of the relationship between medicine and religion; however, I am also into studying the religions and cities.
Paper Abstract
Being the minority in the country up until recently, the Muslim population in China has endured experiencing multiple episodes of sinicization in the sociopolitical sphere. The state's recurrent deliberate attempts to fortify the Sinosphere raised the possibility of certain disputes between Muslim communities and the ruling regime, which might have an impact on how Muslims integrate and assimilate into Chinese culture. On the one hand, it seems as though sinicization in all its manifestations has chained up Muslims in the struggle between establishing a self-identity and immensely ending up sinicized. On the other side, an assortment of recent governmental acts has also heightened tensions between Muslim communities and the authorities. These debates led to an inquiry into whether China is an anti-Islamic state and whether these policies back attempts to de-Islamize present and future generations in order to foster an integrated collective identity within the Sinosphere. In an effort to address some of these issues, current research tend to focus on the cultural aspects of the aforementioned actions, including the modification and domestication (sinicization) of Islamic mosques in China, and how these alterations undermine Muslim communities' self-identification. To this end, a sociopolitical history of the Islamic architecture's sinicization in recent decades of modern China was developed, focusing in particular on the architectural crackdown of Islamic mosques. Based on the study conducted, it can be concluded that the measures deployed delivered to both de-Islamize the urban space and to sinicize the design of the mosques. It suggests that these measures also target the identity of Muslim communities by reducing their sense of presence in urban centers and by exerting pressure to sinicize both communal and individual identities, which has ramifications for integrated and assimilated society.
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