• Yihewani (Chinese: 伊赫瓦尼; pinyin: Yīhèwǎní), or Ikhwan (Arabic: الإخوان), (also known as al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, which means Muslim Brotherhood, not to...
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  • Chinese temples. The reformist modernist (but originally Wahhabi-inspired) Yihewani build their mosques to look like Middle Eastern Arab-style mosques. Gedimu...
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    Prefecture, Gansu Province). He studied in Mecca and founded the Ikhwan (Yihewani 伊赫瓦尼) movement in 1888, also known as the "New Sect" (Chinese Xinjiao pai...
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    dispute between two Sufi orders of the same sect. The Wahhabi inspired Yihewani organization then joined in and encouraged the revolt, which was crushed...
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    as there exist various “Salafi grey zones” among other sects like the Yihewani and the Gedimu. These “Salafi grey zones” include Chinese Muslims who have...
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    recorded that the 6,781,500 Sunni Hui in China followed 58.2% Gedimu, 21% Yihewani, 10.9% Jahriyya, 7.2% Khuffiya, 1.4% Qadariyya and 0.7% Kubrawiyya Sufi...
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    Mecca and later became an important imam, scripturalist, and leader of the Yihewani Muslim sect in China. He was influential and played an important role in...
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    suppressed all non-Yihewani groups, including the traditional Sunni Gedimu, the oldest sect of Islam in China, by enforcing Yihewani Imams on them. However...
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    as well as recent rises in test scores. Ma Wanfu, anti-Qing rebel and Yihewani founder Ma Dahan, anti-Qing rebel Schwarz, Henry G. (1984). The Minorities...
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    even when learning of the standard pronunciation. Hanfi Sunni Sunnaiti's (Yihewani adherents) criticize the Gedimu for practicing Islamic customs influenced...
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    reported to be pious and his family mosque was in good shape. The new Yihewani (Ikhwan) sect was patronized and backed by Ma Lin and Ma Bufang to help...
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    owns the Taipei Grand Mosque which was built with funds from the KMT. The Yihewani (Ikhwan al Muslimun a.k.a. Muslim brotherhood) was the predominant Muslim...
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    of China, and as justification for Jihad in the war against Japan. The Yihewani (Ikhwan al Muslimun a.k.a. Muslim brotherhood) was the predominant Muslim...
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    the Yihewani (Ikhwan) Muslims, persecuted the Salafis and forced them into hiding. They were not allowed to move or worship openly. The Yihewani had become...
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    Bufang, a Sufi, who backed the Yihewani Muslims, and persecuted the Fundamentalist Salafi/Wahhabi Muslim sect. The Yihewani forced the Salafis into hiding...
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    Chinese writer and scholar Hu Songshan 虎嵩山, Chinese Hui Muslim Imam of the Yihewani sect T. C. Hu (胡德强, 1930–2021), Chinese-American computer scientist Hu...
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  • (Al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn), political opposition movement in many Arab states Yihewani, Islamic sect in China (the name is a Chinese transcription of "Ikhwan")...
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    magazine Islamic Turkistan has accused the Chinese "Muslim Brotherhood" (the Yihewani) of being responsible for the moderation of Hui Muslims and the lack of...
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  • dispute between two Sufi orders of the same sect. The Wahhabi-inspired Yihewani organization then joined in and encouraged the revolt, which was crushed...
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    gōngxiāng (供香, "offering incense"). The Sunni Muslim Hui Gedimu and the Yihewani burned incense during worship. This was viewed as Daoist or Buddhist influence...
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    Wanfu (1849–1934), Dongxiang anti-Qing dynasty rebel and founder of the Yihewani movement Ma Weiming (born 1960), Chinese naval engineer Ma Xiaochun (born...
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    (wai dao), and Salafi teachings were deemed as heresy by the Yihewani leaders. Yihewani eventually became a secular Chinese nationalist organisation....
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    his hobbies was Chinese calligraphy. Ma promoted Islamic education. The Yihewani Imam Hu Songshan and Ma cooperated in founding several Sino-Arabic schools...
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    Ma Anliang, in cooperation with Yang, attempted to arrest and execute Yihewani (Ikhwan in Arabic) leader Ma Wanfu. Ma Qi, one of Ma Anliang's subordinates...
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    Han Chinese magistrate Yang Zengxin, attempted to arrest and execute the Yihewani (Ikhwan in Arabic) leader Ma Wanfu. Ma Qi, one of Ma Anliang's subordinates...
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  • historian Sa'd al-Din Hu Songshan (1880–1955), Chinese imam and leader of the Yihewani Muslim sect Saad Eddin Ibrahim (born 1938), Egyptian-American sociologist...
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  • Muslim General Ma Bufang, who backed the Yihewani (Ikhwan) Muslims, persecuted the Salafi/Wahhabis. The Yihewani forced the Salafis into hiding. They were...
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  • magazine Islamic Turkistan has accused the Chinese "Muslim Brotherhood" (the Yihewani) of being responsible for the moderation of Hui Muslims and the lack of...
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  • learning of the standard Arabic pronunciation. Hanafi Sunni Sunnaitis (Yihewani adherents) criticize the Gedimu for practicing Islamic customs influenced...
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    Protection Unit by the State Council. Today, the mosque is affiliated with the Yihewani sect. The mosque was built in Han style and decorated in Islamic style...
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