Muslim Chinese--The Hui in Rural Ningxia: Internal Migration and Ethnoreligious Identification

by Xiaoming Wang

The Hui are predominantly Muslim Chinese who claim ancestry from Persian and Arabicspeaking regions in Central Asia and the Middle East. According to the 2010 census, the Hui are the largest Muslim group in China and its third largest ethnic minority with a total population of 10.6 million. Due to their extensive geographic distribution and longterm acculturation by the atheist Han majority, the question of Hui identity is rarely raised in humanities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3879974934
• ISBN13: 9783879974931
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Klaus Schwarz
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"