Islam in China

China is home to a large population of practioners of Islam. Sources, including the BBC, suggest that there may be as many as 20 million Muslims in China, up to 2% of the country's 1.2 billion population. Other sources suggest Muslims in China number more than 100 million. http://members.tripod.com/worldupdates/islamintheworld/id3.htm

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China - Islam

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The biggest titularly Muslim ethnic group in China is the Hui, while others include the Uyghurs and the Kazakhs. The largest concentration is found in China's northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region.

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Hui - Uyghur - Kazakhs - Xinjiang

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A unique feature of some modern Muslim practitioners in China is the presence of female imams.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3656180.stm

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