Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is briefly named ... Assisting the president with the work of the ethnic and religion, public security and administration of justice, national security, construction ...

As one Han interviewee in the Ningxia capital of Yinchuan told me ... the mosque found itself caught up in the campaign to "Sinicise" religion - that is, make it more Chinese - at the direction ...

and Islam has been prominent in Ningxia for centuries. But human rights groups say there is increasing official hostility towards Muslims in China, and foreign religious influences in particular.

These influences were both secular and sacred, as nomads, merchants, emissaries, and missionaries flooded into China, bringing new customs, purveying exotic wares, and propagating new religious ...