Islam in China is generally considered in the Gregorian calendar 651 years (Tang Yeonghwiwon two years) from the Arabic into China, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places. The Islamic period of time, the bright from the Prophet Muhammad came very close to photocathode pass Orthodox. Was then mainly a number of Arab businessmen, soldiers and imams. According to "Min book" records, "(Muhammad) has four disciples Daxian, Tang Wu De in to North Korea, gradually missionary in China. A missionary Xian, Guangzhou, two-yin missionary Yangzhou, three-yin, four-yin, Quanzhou missionary."
Sunni and Shia Islam, the two major sub-sects, Chinese are mainly Sunni. In the Hui, Uygur, Tatar, Kirgiz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tajik, Dongxiang, Salar, security and other ethnic minorities more than 2000 million people (2006), the majority of Muslims, in other of the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Dai ethnic groups are also believers. Most Muslims live in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Gansu, Qinghai, Henan, Yunnan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and other provinces and autonomous regions, and other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities are also distributed.
May 11, 1953, the Chinese Islamic Association was established in Beijing. China Islamic Association of China's Muslim religious groups nationwide. Its purpose and mission is: to assist the Government implement the policy of religious freedom, hold high the banner of patriotism, carry forward the basic spirit of Islam and the fine traditions of the country on behalf of the legitimate rights and interests of all ethnic groups of Muslims, Muslims of all ethnic groups to promote active participation of the socialist material and spiritual civilization, strengthen national unity, safeguard social stability, promote and safeguard the motherland's reunification and safeguarding world peace. The supreme body for the national representatives.
In 1967, the Cultural Revolution broke out, imams were denounced, re-education, were expelled from the mosque, "the Koran" was burned. Religious life are required to stop the mosque by its severe damage.
In 1976 after the Cultural Revolution, the party and state on the issue of ethnic and religious adjustment, implemented the basic policy of religious freedom.
April 23, 2001, China Islamic Affairs Steering Committee was established in Beijing. The Committee for the China Islamic Association, a special committee composed of patriotic and religious, respected, on behalf of Islam in China the highest levels of religious knowledge and by learning the great imam, Maulana composition. Its purpose and mission is: within the framework of laws and policies, based on the Islamic scriptures, the actual situation in our country, to disseminate Islam in the Muslim right way, to the religious life of Muslims in contemporary China and the problems encountered in social life and make the development requirements of the times the accurate interpretation, preparation of preaching model to improve the level of Islamic teaching staff, standardize the content of the texts, against the use of extremist Islamic practice, and actively guide the Islam and adapt to socialist society.
