Sinicising Islam: Roundtable Discussion
| Dates: | 15 February 2022 |
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| Times: | 12:30 - 13:30 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester China Institute |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Speaker: | David Stroup, Hannah Theaker, Rian Thum, Rachel Harris |
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A “strike hard” (Yanda) campaign was launched in Islamic communities in China in 2014. Under this campaign, various expressions of Islamic identity have been labelled as “extremist” ideology or religious fanaticism. Official documents have compared Islamic practices to disease and urged officials to take measures to prevent infection. A nationwide campaign to “Sinicize” Islamic religious communities has now spread beyond Xinjiang, as the recent spate of mosque demolitions in Hui communities reveal.
Our panel explores the Sinicisation of various Islamic communities in China today and yesterday. It thus seeks to more fully explore the roots of Islamophobia in China, past and present.
Speakers
David Stroup
Organisation: University of Manchester
Hannah Theaker
Organisation: University of Plymouth
Rian Thum
Organisation: University of Manchester
Rachel Harris
Organisation: SOAS
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