Editing Hui people (section)

====Allegation of repression====
Hui Muslims have been alleged to have experienced greater repression of religious activities in recent years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Albert |first1=Eleanor |title=The State of Religion In China |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/religion-china |website=CFR |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |access-date=27 May 2020 |date=11 October 2018 |quote=Hui Muslims have experienced an uptick in repression. |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014222036/https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/religion-china |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, [[paramount leader]] [[Xi Jinping]] issued a directive aimed at the sinicization of Chinese Muslims.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Myers |first1=Steven Lee |title=A Crackdown on Islam Is Spreading Across China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/world/asia/china-islam-crackdown.html |access-date=27 May 2020 |agency=The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=21 September 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924010442/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/world/asia/china-islam-crackdown.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Since then, the government has been accused of repressing aspects of Hui culture deemed "Arab". Most of these repressions have been limited to the removal of aesthetically Islamic buildings and symbols, with the government renovating architecture to appear more Chinese and banning Arabic signs in Hui regions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/chinas-repressive-reach-is-growing/2019/09/27/dccb5f48-dfc1-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html|title=China's Repressive Reach is Growing|date=27 September 2019|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622001444/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/chinas-repressive-reach-is-growing/2019/09/27/dccb5f48-dfc1-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> More drastic repressions have been taken, such as closing mosques or removing licenses from imams who have traveled outside of China.<ref name="Feng">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/763356996/afraid-we-will-become-the-next-xinjiang-chinas-hui-muslims-face-crackdown|title='Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang': China's Hui Muslims Face Crackdown|last=Feng|first=Emily|date=26 September 2019|work=[[NPR]]|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040239/https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/763356996/afraid-we-will-become-the-next-xinjiang-chinas-hui-muslims-face-crackdown|url-status=live}}</ref> In order to sinicize the Hui, schools and mosques in Ningxia have been changed to include traits from traditional Han architecture.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jennion |first1=James |title=China's Repression of the Hui: A Slow Boil |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/chinas-repression-of-the-hui-a-slow-boil/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>

At least two Hui Muslims have allegedly been included in [[Xinjiang re-education camps|reeducation camps]], termed "Vocational Education and Training Centers" which the Chinese government claims are aimed at reforming the political thought of detainees, including [[Islamic fundamentalism|extremist religious beliefs]] and separatist or terrorist sympathies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/16/internment-camps-make-uighurs-life-more-colourful-says-xinjiang-governor|title=Internment camps make Uighurs' life more colourful, says Xinjiang governor|date=16 October 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135322/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/16/internment-camps-make-uighurs-life-more-colourful-says-xinjiang-governor|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/1115/Chinese-officials-defensive-over-Muslim-re-education-camps|title=Chinese officials defensive over Muslim re-education camps|date=15 November 2018|work=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=5 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705143241/https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/1115/Chinese-officials-defensive-over-Muslim-re-education-camps|url-status=live}}</ref> One or more of the Hui within these camps may have faced torture, and are allegedly grouped in different cells from Kazakhs and Uighurs, and on rare occasion die from stress.<ref name="Feng"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bunin|first=Gene|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/10/internment-detention-xinjiang-hui-muslims-swept-into-camps-alongside-uighur/|title=Xinjiang's Hui Muslims Were Swept Into Camps Alongside Uighurs|date=10 February 2020|work=[[Foreign Policy]]|access-date=7 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=8 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308034326/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/10/internment-detention-xinjiang-hui-muslims-swept-into-camps-alongside-uighur/}}</ref>