ERIC Number: EJ1117399
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Publication Date: 2016
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Confessional Peculiarity of Chinese Islam
Mukan, Nurzat M.; Bulekbayev, Sagadi B.; Kurmanaliyeva, Ainura D.; Abzhalov, Sultanmurat U.; Meirbayev, Bekzhan B.
International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, v11 n15 p7906-7915 2016
This paper considers features of Islam among Muslim peoples in China. Along with the traditional religions of China--Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism--Islam influenced noticeable impact on the formation of Chinese civilization. The followers of Islam have a significant impact on ethno-religious, political, economic and cultural relations of the Chinese society. Ethno-cultural heterogeneity of Chinese Islam has defined its confessional identity. The peculiarity of Chinese Islam is determined, firstly, with its religious heterogeneity. In China there all three main branches of Islam: Sunnism, Shiism, and Sufism. Secondly, the unique nature of Chinese Islam is defined by close relationship with the traditional religions of China (Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism) and Chinese population folk beliefs. Chinese Islam has incorporated many specific features of the traditional religious culture of China, which heavily influenced on the religious consciousness and religious activities of Chinese Muslims.
Descriptors: Islam, Muslims, Cultural Influences, Religious Factors, Asian Culture, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Asian History
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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