Islam

Islam was brought into China during the seventh century. The religion spread quickly in Central Asia by Muslim conquest of the nomadic tribes and empires between Arabia and China. In modern times, China has a total population of 18 million, whose faith is Islam. Their 30,000 plus mosques are served by 40,000 Imams and Akhunds. The people of China never developed their own version of Islam. There have been many different Muslim sects or groups in different regions of the country and in different ethnic groups. Sometimes the groups fought each other.