Opportunities for propagating the faith in the communist world as well

Opportunities for propagating the faith in the communist world as well

1985 9 September 22 Opportunities for propagating the faith in the communist world as well (120) The Beijing Foundation is planning to turn Nuijie Street in the centre of the Chinese capital into a modern street with Chinese Muslim features. The street is home to more than 10,000 Muslims. There is a mosque more than 1000 years old situated there. It now houses the Chinese School of Islamic Theology, a hospital, a high school, a primary school and a kindergarten as well. “There will be a complete set of cultural and educational facilities, ethnic shops, Islamic hotels and other commercial services,” said Zhang Shunzhi, Vice President of the Beijing Foundation. He also said that a new Islamic centre for religious activities was planned in the street, and that the state would help in the construction work.

When loss turns to gain

1985 9 September 22 When loss turns to gain (104) Marc Chagall, a Russian-born commoner who became one of France’s greatest painters, died in March 1985 at the age of 97. With meagre financial resources, he first arrived in Paris in 1910, returning to his native Russia at the beginning of World War I. He left Russia once again in 1922, passing through Berlin on his way back to Paris. While in Berlin, he found that hundreds of his paintings left there in 1914 had been stolen and sold. He was saddened until his arrival in the French capital, where he found that these works had made him a name in the art world.