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Uyghurs in Kazakhstan practice Islam freely in China’s shadow

Seventy years ago, China named the western region of Xinjiang an autonomous part of the People’s Republic. Today, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to the region to commemorate 70 years of ...
JSTOR Daily

China, Islam, and Gender: Analyzing the Power of Muslim Women Through the State’s Application of Policies and Messaging

Muslim women have a longstanding history of oppression and leadership in China within the mosque, both religiously and educationally. The relationship between Muslim women’s influence and the ways the ...
Sydney Morning Herald

For China, it's as much ethnic as Islam

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In A freezing late autumn drizzle a week ago, a local man showed visitors around the mosques of the small city of Yining hard up against ...
AOL

Top official from China's Xinjiang says 'Sinicisation' of Islam 'inevitable'

BEIJING (Reuters) - Xinjiang's top Communist Party official said on Thursday that the "Sinicisation" of Islam in the Muslim-majority region in northwestern China, where Beijing is accused of human ...
New York Post

Bill Maher declares China ‘the new Islam,’ says left can’t be honest about the country’s threat

“Real Time” host Bill Maher called out the left’s hesitancy to criticize China, declaring the foreign adversary as “the new Islam” in political discourse. During Friday night’s panel discussion, Maher ...
East Asia Forum

China’s sinicisation campaign puts Islamic expression on the line

China has been pursuing a ‘sinicisation’ policy to make Islam in China more ‘Chinese', leading to transformations such as the removal of 'foreign’ architectural features from mosques and the ...
New York Post

Russia and China are no friends to Islam as they bash Israel

Since the Hamas attack on Israel last month, both Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin and Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping have openly aligned themselves with Hamas and the Islamic world. ZUMAPRESS.com Russia and ...
Foreign Affairs

The Last Minarets of Yunnan

In late May, thousands of Hui Muslims clashed with local police in the town of Nagu in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province. They were protesting the government’s plan to demolish the dome and ...
The Food Ranger on MSN

Journey to Islamic China

This journey into Islamic China reveals the bold flavors of Xinjiang’s halal cuisine, from bustling markets to family-style feasts.
THE WEEK

Three-quarters of mosques in China have been altered or destroyed

Chinese authorities have altered, closed or partially demolished thousands of mosques across China in a suppression of Islamic culture that has spread to almost every region of the country. Beijing's ...
Middle East Eye

Netanyahu says Israel 'in isolation', blaming Qatar, China and Muslims in the West

Prime minister says Israel will be 'Athens and Super Sparta', as he admits it would need to develop its own arms after global ...