Historical study on the relationship between national integration of modern China and Islamic Reformer's role in politics

本文以回族为例，分析了回族知识分子如何在中国现代民族国家的框架内进行民族改革。以下是我们通过四年的研究发现的结果。民国时期的中国伊斯兰教改革家在《中华人民共和国宪法》序言和包含各民族的中华民族话语中为“统一的多民族国家”原则奠定了理论基础。2.中国伊斯兰教改革家受到中东伊斯兰复兴运动的强烈影响。特别是“爱国是伊斯兰教信仰的一部分”的圣训在中国回族穆斯林中广为流传，为回族穆斯林爱国主义提供了理论基础。3.一种新输入的防御性圣战理论在中国广泛传播，为反驳日本在中日战争中的分而治之的政策提供了具体的理由。4.回族著名知识分子的民族建设理论与中华人民共和国的民族区域自治政策不谋而合。然而，这一理论并不适用于那些有分离倾向的民族，以建立自己的民族国家。5.当代伊斯兰复兴运动的理论和教育根源在于共和时代的伊斯兰改革运动。中国的伊斯兰教仍然处于中共的监视之下，这意味着伊斯兰原教旨主义进入中国的机会很少，尽管与沙特阿拉伯的经济关系不应被忽视。

Focusing on Hui ethnicity (Hui-zu) as an example of ethnicities which contributed to national unification of China, we analyzed how Hui intellectuals tried to reform their ethnicity in the framework of modem nation-state of China. The followings are results we discovered through the four-year research.9.1. Chinese Islamic reformers in the republican era established a theoretical root for the principle of a "unified multi-national state" in the preamble of the Constitution of the PRC and the discourse of Chinese nation which contains all the ethnicities. 2. Islamic reformers in China were under the strong influence of Islamic revival movement in the Middle East. In particular, Hadith of "Love for your country is a part of the faith of Islam" became very popular to Hui Muslims in China and it provided a theoretical basement form them to have patriotism toward China. 3. A newly imported theory of defensive jihad was spread widely and it gave a concrete reason to refute Japan's attempt of divide-and-rule policy during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). 4. The theory of ethnicity building made by prestigious intellectuals among the Hui coincided with the policy of national regional autonomy in People's Republic. However, this theory is not applicable to those ethnicities that have a tendency to be separated to formulate their own nation-states. 5. Islamic revival movement in the present times has its theoretical and educational roots in the Islamic reformers' movement in the republican era. Islam in China is still under the surveillance of the CCP and this means Islamic fundamentalism has scarce chances to get into China, even though economic relationship with Saudi Arabia shouldn't be neglected.