A “strike hard” (Yanda) campaign was launched in Islamic communities in China in 2014. Under this campaign, various expressions of Islamic identity have been labelled as “extremist” ideology or religious fanaticism. A nationwide campaign to “Sinicise” Islamic religious communities has now spread beyond Xinjiang, as the recent spate of mosque demolitions in Hui communities reveal. Our panel explores the Sinicisation of various Islamic communities in China today and yesterday. It thus seeks to more fully explore the roots of Islamophobia in China, past, and present. Watch a recording of the panel here.