The Chinese government’s plan to make Islam compatible with Chinese culture and society has attracted widespread criticism. Haiyun Ma, a history professor at the US-based Frostburg State University, says that the Chinese government’s Sinicization drive borders on xenophobic. Analyst Stroup says the international community needs to increase pressure on Beijing to force it to alter its treatment of the Muslim community. Cui Haoxin, a Hui Muslim poet, told DW that the Sinicization measures will not be easily accepted by the Muslim communities. David Stroup, a China expert at the University of Oklahoma, told DW that the Chinese government wants to tighten control over Islamic groups and take measures to remove overly foreign features from public places. These measures have raised concerns among Muslims in other parts of China that Beijing wants to implement the Sinicization model across the country. Why is China ‘modifying’ Islam? But the expert believes the US could use its influence to pressure China. Ma believes that by emphasizing the need to remove foreign influences, the Communist Party wants to create a Chinese version of Islam that is guided by atheism. Ma believes that local authorities are likely to play a major role in the Sinicization drive, but warns that it comes with some risks.

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