Islam in China: Pictures: Hui Chinese Muslim Woman in Jianshui

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Picture: Chinese Hui Muslim Kids from Gansu

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Ramadan Crackdown & the use of Terminology: Chinese Muslim vs. Uiygar vs. Hui vs. Han Muslim

Before delving into the issue regarding Ramadan restrictions in Xinjiang I wanted to clarify some terminology which most people outside of China get wrong. Thus for example the media often uses the term “Chinese Muslims” as if there is a monolith of 25 million people in China, or when the media announcs the restrictions on [...]

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Chinese Muslim Vice Premier – Hui Liangyu

Hui Liangyu may not be well known outside of China but he may be one of the most influential Muslims in China. The People’s Republic of China has a number of Vice Premiers. The current Vice Premier for Agriculture is a Muslim who is also a Hui. He was born in 1944 in Yushu in [...]

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Mosque Collapse in Qinghai

Sad news, a mosque under construction in the Taer Town of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in the Qinghai province collapsed last Thursday killing eight people and about 20 were injured. Officials have ruled out the earthquake in Sichuan as the cause. May Allah have mercy on the souls of the departed. Ameen.

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Photo: A Dongxiang Muslima

Caption: Dongxiang (muslim) woman in a village near Linxia, Gansu, China
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Hui Muslim Bussinesses targeted in Tibet

While the news media has been abuzz regarding the recent unrest in Tibet and people have noted the damage to Tibetan and Han Chinese businesses in Tibet, Hui Muslims working in Tibet have greatly been effected by the violence. Many if not most of the meat shops in the area are owned by Muslims and [...]

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Chinese top political advisor calls for prosperity in Muslim region

A recent news story from Xinhua
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin called for prosperity in the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Monday.
Jia, chairman of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks when deliberating the government work report [...]

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More Than 10,000 Chinese Hajis in 2007

Its a bit late but here is an interesting stat. Last year more than 10,000 Chinese Muslims went for Hajj. Here are the details from Xinhua.
Chinese Muslim pilgrims wait in line for boarding as they depart for Mecca in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Nov. 19, 2007. Muslims from China’s only Hui ethnic [...]

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Perspective of a Chinese Muslima (Part I: Growing Up)

Personal narratives are always powerful. They are the sum of experiences of a person and thus they can capture what lengthy discussion about abstract qualities and beliefs of a community cannot capture. The following is the first in a series narrative by a Chinese Hui Muslima. Some of the problems that she describes are [...]

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