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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread

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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4561)2/23/2003 3:39:28 AM
From: KLP   of 15987
 
From the Singapore Straits link: 20 MILLION MUSLIMS IN CHINA

straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
Students at a Muslim school in China's northern region of Ningxia say they pray for peace and oppose both terrorism and a US-led war on Iraq. -- REUTERS

• CHINA'S largest Muslim ethnic groups include:
- 9.8 million Huis
- 8.4 million Uighurs
- 1.25 million Kazaks

• There are more than 23,000 Muslims studying at 10 leading Islamic institutes and mosques in China, according to its Islamic Association

• Many Chinese Muslims have strong anti-US sentiments but have not staged any protests to avoid trouble with the government
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