A vital passage between the Indian and Pacific oceans, the South China Sea, has historically been an arena of competition, as nations and empires have vied for hegemonic control over it for centuries.

The conference aims to examine the complexity and diversity of attitudes and practices related to food and drink among Muslims in various parts of the Islamic world and beyond.

Over the centuries, Islamic artistic traditions have been shaped by the transnational movement of Muslims, and their engagement with the societies and cultures that Islam penetrated as it spread from one region to the next.

香港中文大學人文學科研究所之「伊斯蘭文化研究中心」將於2015年12月3-4日，與「香港伊斯蘭文化協會」協同舉辦「華人穆斯林之離散：文化認同、性別與宗教傳統」國際研討會，藉此探討華人穆斯林離散社群相關諸議題。

伊斯蘭是世界上一大宗教。全球約有百份之二十五的國家信奉伊斯蘭教。穆斯林約佔世界人口的百份之二十，而且數字一直在大幅增長。近年由於伊斯蘭國家在全球經濟和世界事務上日漸扮演重要角色，大眾對伊斯蘭教的興趣有增無減。