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Islam in China : Hui and Uyghurs between modernization and sinicization by Jean A. Berlie is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Islam in China defines the Muslims of China, in particular the Hui (Chinese Muslims) and the Uyghurs. Concepts of nationality (minzu) and umma (Islamic community) as well as analysis of Chinese culture or Sinicization enable the reader to understand the particularities of Islam in China. Mosques, Sufism, feasts, and family shape the Muslim society and its ethos. After the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, modernization plays an important role in the daily life of these Muslims; the impressive development also influences Islam in this part of the world. China’s modernization constitutes a model for Southeast Asia and helps the Yunnanese Hui in Thailand and Burma to be proud of their country of origin. One chapter portrays the Thai and Burmese Overseas Chinese, in particular in Chiang Mai and Mandalay.

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Author

Jean A. Berlie

Publisher

White Lotus Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9789744800626

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Islam, History