Over a period of twelve years, internationally acclaimed photographer Peter Sanders travelled throughout China to capture images of Chinese Muslims and their unique spiritual culture, which began only sixty years after Hijra, when Saad ibn Abi Waqqas and other Companions of the Messenger of God settled in this majestic land at the invitation of the Tang Emperor. Between 2000 and 2012 Peter made four journeys across China from East to West, from North to South and captured the great diversity and beauty of an indigenous civilization that is under threat from the modernization and secularization of Chinese society. Heaven, Earth & The Ten Thousand Things, an expression referring to the Way of Islam, is the title of the most comprehensive photo-essay ever produced on Chinese Islamic civilization and Peter’s latest masterpiece.

We are heartfully indebted to Chris Blauvelt, his team at LaunchGood and all the volunteers for their continued support and for also giving hope to so many people globally. Also, our deepest thanks and gratitude to family, friends and well-wishers who have supported this project and brought it to fruition:

Aaqib Ahmed, In memory of our beloved mum Khadija Vally (may God have Mercy on her soul), who was fascinated by Muslims in China and would have loved to be part of this work, Abu Salem, The Abbas family, Sharjeel Azhar, Selim Sener, Chris AR Blauvelt, Adeel Nawaz and Afifa Ahmad, Youshay Humayun, Shoeb Qadri, Faruk Sari, Mahmoud H, Peter Gould, Perveen Hussain, Fatima Hussain, Omman Hussain, Amir Sufi, Sarosh Anwar, Nabiha Islam, Matilda Oppenheimer, Abdul-Rahman Albeiruti, Weihan Li, Ruqayyah Ahmed, Arabella Zane Anani, I.X.Ding, Hamida Melaine, Nadeem Malik, Ghada Wahba, Usman Afzal, Shafiq Ahmed, AK, Ashraf Moallim, Reem Zabadne, Farhanah Ismail, Frieda Dad, Mohammed Rafiq, F.I.Hafejee,  Rashida Apabhai, Sabah Hina Ali Akbar, Zaid Ahmed, Noori Mahdi, Nouh and Isra, Nadege Haddad, Zameer Ahmed Shah, Geeta T. Vadukul, A. Shaffiq, Jabrane Iguider, In loving memory of Sawsan Azzam, Abu Shafquat, Faisal Mirza and family, Majid Hussain, Mohammed Akeel, Mohammed Khan, Asma Fischer, Charles Saha, Omar Khawaja, Mohammad Farid Imansyah, Ali Khwaja, Mohammed Ahmed, Mariam Mashaal, Asad Masood, Mehdi Zemzem, Peter Matthew Wright and family, Farah Hameed, Samar Farooq, Muhammad Faiz Bin Anjum Piperdy, Sajjid Hossain, Ammar Nassri, Bardolf Paul, Fardeem Munir, Rizwan, Nadia, Zayn, Mariya and Dalia Bajwa., Nazia Nusrat Khan, Amir Hussain and Joan Becker, Juan Carlos Garcia, Mahvash Fahd, Husna Sheriff, Saira Ali, Shaima Iqbal, Salman Muntazir, Abdullah Ramay, Azilet Beishenaliev, Ramzi Samara, Ali Hussain, Estate of Abdul Bashar Muhammad Saleh and Razia Khatun, Suede Edwards, Lina Hashem, Salahuddin Yasin Akeel, Mehboob Hussain, Asif Shaffiq, Umar, Amaal, our parents and family. Mali Nuh and Kairo Isa Fellah, Athar Jatoi and a very special mention to Sidra Mushtaq, Zainab Yasmeen, Waseem Mahmood and all the other volunteers, honestly, we can’t thank you enough.