Yes Islam went into China through trade and missionaries via the silk road and sea routes. There is a one thousand year old mosque in Beijing. There are ethnic

Yes Islam went into China through trade and missionaries via the silk road and sea routes. There is a one thousand year old mosque in Beijing. There are ethnic Hans who converted (now the Hui minority). There was a sizeable Muslim community in Guangdong in the Tang Dynasty. The same holds true, as far as I know, throughout South East Asia. My point is simply that Islam could and did spread peacefully, like Christianity did before it. So it is difficult to draw drastic conclusions, IMHO.