1. Hu Songshan, a Hui, was born in 1880, in Tongxin County, Ningxia, China.
16 Facts About Hu Songshan
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Hu Songshan was influential and played an important role in Chinese Islam in this position as he propagated reformist doctrines in Ningxia in his later life.
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When Hu Songshan was 18, he joined Wang Naibi of Haicheng.
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Hu Songshan went on Hajj to Mecca in 1924 at age 45, traveling through Shanghai and he reached Mecca in 1925.
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Hu Songshan saw that Hui and Han people were treated the same and abused by foreigners.
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Hu Songshan rallied against foreign Imperialism and preached Chinese nationalism and unity between all Chinese.
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Hu Songshan had changed from being a Wahhabi Salafi to a modernist and influenced the Yihewani to change its ideology along that trend.
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Hu Songshan studied modern science, promoted sports for his students, and permitted people to take pictures of his mosque and him, which made him stand out from less-liberal Yihewani.
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Hu Songshan became head of the Ningxia Private Sino- Arabic College at Dongdasi Mosque, which was founded by Ma Hongkui in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia province 1932.
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Hu Songshan pronounced kufr upon Ma Hongkui for this, while delivering an aggressive and fierce sermon in public.
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Hu Songshan helped spread anti-Japanese propaganda among Muslims during the war.
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Unlike his teacher Ma Wanfu, a strict Wahhabi scripturalist who led the Yihewani with an anti modernist and anti Chinese culture and language ideology, Hu Songshan encouraged Muslims to study Chinese language and learn about modern sciences and education in Chinese.
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Imams such as Hu Songshan led the Chinese Muslim Brotherhood to incorporate Chinese nationalism and emphasize education and independence.
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Hu Songshan harshly criticized those who were non patriotic and those who taught anti nationalist thinking, saying that they were fake Muslims.
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Hu Songshan's son was Akhund Hu Xueliang, the subject of a violent sectarian disturbance over a jurisprudent matter.
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Shaykh Sa'd al-Din Hu Songshan's grandson is Professor Shaykh Ibrahim Hu Long.