Welcome to this course "Law, Governance and Human
Rights in Today’s China".
The
course is taught by Dr. QIAO Cong-rui and Prof. Tom ZWART from the Cross
Cultural Human Rights Centre at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, through the 2021
Honours Programme for VU, UvA and AUC students.
Enjoy!
The focus of Lecture Six is on
the Governance of Chinese Muslims (focusing on Hui and Uyghur Muslims).
During the lecture we will discuss the position
of Muslims and Islam in China. In addition to some 10 million Muslim Uyghurs,
China counts approximately 10 million Hui Muslims who are not located in one
particular region, but are spread around the country.
We
will discuss the official Chinese policy that requires religions to be ‘sinicised’
and how this works out for Islam. We will also discuss the terrorism issue and
the effects it has on the position of Muslims in China.