Yihewani
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Yihewani (), or Ikhwan (), (also known as al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, which means Muslim Brotherhood, not to be confused with the Middle Eastern Muslim Brotherhood, or Ahl al-Sunni) is an Islamic sect in China. Its adherents are called Sunnaiti. It is of the Hanafi school, one of the four major schools of Sunni Islam. It is also referred to as "New Teaching" () or "Latest Teaching" (). Yihewani, together with Gedimu and Xidaotang, make up the three major sects of Islam in China. In 1937, it divided into two groups.
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- History
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- Ideology and Relationship with the State
- Repression in the Qing dynasty
- Cooperation with the Kuomintang in the Republic of China
- Present day
- See also
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Yihewani (), or Ikhwan (), (also known as al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, which means Muslim Brotherhood, not to be confused with the Middle Eastern Muslim Brotherhood, or Ahl al-Sunni) is an Islamic sect in China. Its adherents are called Sunnaiti. It is of the Hanafi school, one of the four major schools of Sunni Islam. It is also referred to as "New Teaching" () or "Latest Teaching" (). Yihewani, together with Gedimu and Xidaotang, make up the three major sects of Islam in China. In 1937, it divided into two groups.
== History == At the end of the 19th century and after his return from Gansu, the Dongxiang imam Ma Wanfu (1849–1934) from the village of in Hezhou (now the Dongxiang Autonomous County found in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture) - who had studied in Mecca - founded the Yihewani movement with the "ten major Ahong" (). He claimed that rites and ceremonies not standing in line with the Quran and the Hadith should be abolished. He campaigned against grave and murshid (leader / teacher) worship and advocated for preaching and dawah in Chinese.