04.2005 - Source: UK Home Office

Country Report April 2005 - Hui ("Country Report - April 2005") [#31975],  [ID 4408]

"Hui (Huihui)

6.97 As noted by Europa publications (2005), there are approximately 9.8 million Hui in China. [1a] (p 200)

6.98 According to the Encyclopaedia of the Peoples of the World (1993):

“Concentrated mainly in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, they are perhaps the most scattered ethnic group in the country, intermingled with Han Chinese and other minorities. Speaking only Chinese, the Hui have so well assimilated into Chinese society that they are almost indistinguishable, except in dietary and religious aspects, from the Han.” [20e] (p 247)

6.99 As reported by the IRB on 29 January 2002, in areas populated by the Hui there is substantial construction of religious buildings. [3h]

6.100 As reported in the official China Daily newspaper on 2 February 2004, “In the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, over 1.91 million Muslims went to about 3,400 mosques in the region to offer Eid prayers before visiting their ancestors’ tombs and meeting relatives to exchange festival greetings.” [14g]

6.101 On 15 November 2004, the official People’s Daily newspaper reported that the same number of people celebrated the end Ramadan in the region’s mosques. [12aa]

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Han verses Hui violence (November 2004)

6.273 As reported by the BBC on 1 November 2004, “Martial law has been imposed in parts of the Chinese province of Henan after ethnic clashes in which at least seven people were killed.” The report continued, “Residents are quoted as saying that houses were set alight, and people were fighting using farm tools.”
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6.274 As reported by the Asian news site Muzi news on 2 November 2004, government figures gave the number of dead at seven, with 42 injured and 18 arrests. [15af] As noted by the Daily Telegraph on 3 November 2004, “What underlying grievances triggered the unrest is not clear.” [16dd]

6.275 On 4 November 2004, TIME Asia reported that it took four days and a deployment of 10,000 armed police before order was finally restored on the 31 October 2004. According to this report 148 people died during what was described as the worst ethnic clashes in years. [15df]

6.276 As reported by Muzi news on 8 November 2004,“Tensions between Huis and Hans are more material than political, but can burst into violence.” [15ag]"

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01.11.2004 - Source: BBC News

Henan: 7 people killed, more than 40 injured and 18 arrested in clashes between members of China's majority Han community and the Muslim Hui ethnic group ("Ethnic violence hits China region") [#26740],  [ID 4409]

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10.2003 - Source: UK Home Office

Hui (Huihui) ("Country Report - October 2003") [#49232],  [ID 4410]

"6.219. The second largest minority estimated at between 7.5 million and 8.6 million. [16f][16p] The Hui are spread throughout China, with a large community in and around Beijing. [16p]

6.220. Highly identified with Islam, they are also known as Chinese Muslims. [16f] In the early Communist period, officials continued the practice of referring to Islam as hui jiao - "faith of the Hui [people]". The Hui have now correctly been identified as a people in their own right. Most sources agree that the Hui are highly sinicised (Also see Muslims). [5n]

6.221. As part of their Islamic adherence, the Hui are known to abstain from pork, usually referring to this practice as living the qing zhen - "pure, clean life". Qur'anic Arabic is used during ritual, but has never been a common language for communication. There are loan words from central Asian languages that are unique to the Hui and unintelligible to Han, known as Huihui hua. [5n]"

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