Based on a brief historic analysis, this article explained how the migration of merchants from central Asian helped the global spread of Islam to ancient China starting from the seventh century and how Islam impacted the formation of Chinese Hui ethnic minority. It is identified that Islam faith played a key role in uniting together the Arab immigrants in China and their descendants in the long history after the Tang Dynasty. This article provided valuable implications and recommendations regarding how to address appropriately the issues of ethnic minority and their religious belief for the policy makers in China.
Source: World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization
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