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KMT was the ruling party Kuomintang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

nothing to do with muslims

There are things like Muslim Chinese nationalists.

Kuomintang had, among others, Muslim generals/warlords and troops, in this case I was referring to Ma Hushan's Hui (Muslim) troops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Hushan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_rebellion_in_Xinjiang_...

That muslims were members of the KMT and served in the KMT army means nothing. The KMT was not a muslim organization. It had no religious affiliations at all. It was a chinese nationalist political party.

I don't think I said KMT was a muslim organisation. It was a nationalist organisation, or a warlord organization - the allegiance of generals to the party was often quite nominal.

However, it bears some relevance to the matter that KMT-affiliated troops that fought against Soviet invasion in a predominantly Muslim-populated area were Muslims. I don't see here any particular parallels towards Islamic or Islamist movements today.

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