China does not appear to have the kind of government that would tolerate open Islamic activity, and while it sounds rather draconian to us of the West, perhaps the Chinese have taken exactly the right stance on keeping tight rein on the Uighur minority. Apparently not resisting passage by Genghis Khan on his sweep to the west, those Muslim communities that did not attempt to resist the advances of the Golden Horde were pretty much left alone, so long as they paid the tribute demanded by the provincial governor, one of the lesser khans left behind by the Great Khan himself, but for the crime of being obstinate, the entire sector or province would be razed to the ground, and heads planted on pikes along all roads leading into that district, men, women, children and horses.
Let it never be said that the Great Khan did not rule justly and well. Not much mercy, of course, but mercy and justice are polar opposites, a fact that escapes many.
China is on the right track re: muslims and islam , here
China understands Islam.
I have no praise for communists, but I will say even limiting the appearance of islamists is a too soft approach.
The islamists are an infected, festering, flesh eating scab on all of humanity, and they need to be rooted up and driven out everywhere, into islamic land.
Once this disease is isolated in there own land, then extreme heat can be applied throughout their land to neutralize the deadly viral disease, that is islam.
Islam should be banned in all non-Islamic countries, and practice of it should be considered treason.