Generally when one thinks of ‘Muslim’, what comes to mind is people from countries in the Middle East, certain African countries, Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, and also countries in the Balkans and Caucasus. For those who are savvier of this region, Muslims are represented by Malays and Indonesians.
That Islam has been present in China for more than a millennium is not a commonly known fact. It is even more surprising to many that Muslims in China number almost 50 million. Among the ten Muslim minority nationalities in China, the HUI are the Chinese looking, Chinese speaking Muslims.
Theirs is a long history of identity construction, definition, and reconstruction, until they formed and consolidated the HUI identity: A hybrid identity built on a blend of Islamic and Chinese values and traditions, the HUI present a unique culture, including arts, architecture, calligraphy, language, food, etc… that looks Chinese but may appear a bit strange; Islamic and intriguing.
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