ISLAM WE WSPÓŁCZESNYCH CHINACH
ISLAM IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA. THE HUI MUSLIMS IN THE FACE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S IDEA OF MODERNITY

Summary/Abstract: The article contains the characteristics of the Hui ethnic group, or Chinese Muslim, mostly living in the provinces of Ningxia and Kansu located on the Silk Road and forming compact communities in some large cities of the People’s Republic of China (eg. Xi-an). In particular the problems of the Hui specific identity are shown as well as their relations to the Han majority and to the other Muslim peoples living in China. In recent decades the Chinese Muslims were several times forced to adapt to the conditions resulting from changes in the policy of the communist authorities, and are now trying to meet the expectations that arise from the development of a cosmopolitan consumer society. Their situation is affected by the policy of the communist authorities seeking to maintain good relations with the Muslim countries on the one hand, and by the assistance provided by those countries, and the circumstances arising from conflicts involving Islamic countries, which are currently taking place.

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