Peaceful Coexistence between Muslims and the Chinese ( The 3rd Century – 8th Century A.H. / 9rd Century – 14th Century AC.)

Abstract

Mankind knew peaceful coexistence from time immorial although it was not used as a term in the old periods and they have simiarlities that brought them together. This does not happen if there is no mutual coexistence.Today, the issue of coexistence is one of the most important issues that preoccupy the minds of Muslim and western thinkers and specialists. Muslims and non-Muslims have felt the importance of it. There are frequent calls which ask for good coexistence. Therefore, the topic of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and the Chinese focuses on the necessity of human coexistence. This is required of human society to achieve balance and to strive any difference. Muslims have behaved in a civilized manner, which affected many Chinese people and led them to embrace Islam. In fact Muslims and the Chinese presented a good example of peaceful coexistence and understanding the other at that time. The research comprises an introduction and four sections. The first section examines the concept of coexistence linguistically and terminologically. The second section tackles the peaceful political coexistence. The peaceful economic coexistence is given an account in the third section. Th research ends with the peaceful social coexistence in addition to a conclusion that mentions the findings of the research.