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Islam in Sichuan

Baba Mosque, a 17th-century Qadiri Sufi mosque in Langzhong founded by Ma Ziyun and Hilal al-Din, contains the tomb of the Khwaja Sayyed ʻAbd Allāh, a 29th generation descendant of Muhammad.

Islam is a minority religion in the Chinese province of Sichuan. The total number of Muslims are 112,478 according to a 2004 census conducted by the Islamic Association of China,[1] the majority are ethnic Hui. Chengdu, the provincial capital, and Xichang, capital of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, are the two cities with high concentration and long history of the Hui communities.[2] According to a 1990 census, 23,288 Muslims resided in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of western Sichuan, with about 40 mosques catering to their religious needs. Counties with highest number of Muslims in this region are Ma'o, Ngawa, Quqên, Sirza Degu, Sungqu, Tsanlha, and Zoigê.[3]

  1. ^ "全国穆斯林及清真寺情况分布统计表" [Statistical table of distribution of Muslims and mosques in China]. chinaislam.net.cn (in Simplified Chinese). July 20, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Tsai, Yuan-lin. "The Cross-Boundary Networks of the Hui Muslim Communities". sichuanreligions.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  3. ^ Zhang, Zehong (1994). "四川阿坝地区伊斯兰教的历史与现状" [The History and Current Situation of Islam in the Ngawa Region of Sichuan]. 中国穆斯林 [China Muslim; al-Muslim al-Ṣīnī] (in Simplified Chinese) (4): 26–29. ISSN 1004-3578.

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