Hui pan-nationalism
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Hui pan-nationalism refers to the post-1949 (the foundation of the People's Republic of China) phenomenon of a sense of common nationhood kindled among diverse communities of Chinese-speaking Muslims (typically members of the Hui ethnic-cultural group), due to the dialectics between the Hui nationality designation by the Communist government and the process of modernization of traditional Muslim Chinese groups and individuals. This sense of nationalism among the Hui has largely been agitated by suppression of the Islamic faith in China, as well as efforts to undermine the cultural and social identity of the Hui people by the Chinese government.
Hui pan-nationalism should be distinguished from nationalist sentiments by minority groups who are also Muslim such as those of the Uyghurs.
