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Yaqub Beg's Uyghur forces declared a Jihad against Hui under T'o Ming during the Dungan revolt. The Uyghurs mistakenly thought that the Hui Muslims were Shafi`i, and since the Uyghurs were Hanafi that they should wage war against them. Yaqub Beg enlisted non-Muslim Han Chinese militia under Hsu Hsuehkung in order to fight against the Hui.
While modern Uyghurs consider Islam to be part of their identity, religious observance varies between different regions. In general, Muslims in the southern region, Kashgar in particular, are more conservative. For example, women wearing the veil (a piece of cloth covering the head completely) are more common in Kashgar than some other cities ...
The Uyghurs were administered by a system of begs under the control of Manchu military officials. [citation needed] The Han Hui (currently known as Hui Chinese) and Han Chinese had to wear the queue to demonstrate loyalty to the dynasty, but Turkic Muslims like the Chanto Hui (Uyghur) and Sala Hui were not obligated to follow this custom. [59]
Tensions between Hui Muslims and Uyghurs arise because Hui troops and officials often dominated the Uyghurs in the past, and crushed the Uyghurs' revolts. [169] Xinjiang's Hui population increased by over 520 percent between 1940 and 1982, an average annual growth of 4.4 percent, while the Uyghur population only grew at 1.7 percent.
Uyghur nationalism promotes the cultural unity of the Uyghur people, either as an independent group or as a regional group within a larger Chinese nation. Uyghurs are mostly concentrated in Xinjiang, a province-level autonomous region located in Western China. They are Turkic-speaking, and most of them adhere to Sunni Islam.
The companies are the latest additions to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List that restricts the import of goods tied to what the U.S. government has characterized as an ongoing ...
Sunni Islam Azerbaijanis: Iranian Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan: 30–35 M Azerbaijani: Shia Islam (65%), Sunni Islam (35%) [301] [302] . Uzbeks: Uzbekistan: 28.3 M Uzbek: Sunni Islam Kazakhs: Kazakhstan: 13.8 M Kazakh: Sunni Islam Uyghurs: Altishahr (China) 9 M Uyghur: Sunni Islam Turkmens: Turkmenistan: 8 M Turkmen: Sunni Islam Tatars ...
Shia Islam: 4,000,000 Hazaras, Afghanistan. While a significant number of them are Sunni. Eastern Christianity: 4,000,000 Mainly in northern Kazakhstan, significant communities are also located in the other four Soviet republics in the region. Atheism and Irreligion: 2,500,000+ Throughout the region Western Christianity: 510,000 Kazakhstan ...