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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.
Since the arrival of Islam, most Uyghurs have used "Arabic names", but traditional Uyghur names and names of other origin are still used by some. [361] After the establishment of the Soviet Union, many Uyghurs who studied in Soviet Central Asia added Russian suffixes to Russify their surnames. [ 362 ]
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.
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]
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 ...
Islam in Central Asia has existed since the beginning of Islamic history. Sunni branch of Islam is the most widely practiced religion in Central Asia. Shiism of Imami and Ismaili denominations predominating in the Pamir plateau and the western Tian Shan mountains (almost exclusively Ismailis), while boasting to a large minority population in the Zarafshan river valley, from Samarkand to ...
At first the revolution inspired and energized Islamist Muslims (both Shia and Sunni) everywhere, but it was a revolution in a predominantly Shi'i Muslim country, led by Shi'i Muslims, and serious rifts with Sunni Muslims soon developed. The revolution changed the Shia–Sunni power equation in Muslim countries "from Lebanon to India".