In the late Qing, Muslims in Yunnan, Gansu, and Qinghai, unable to bear oppression by local officials, rebelled. The Qing court responded with harsh retribution, and Muslims were officially discriminated against and attacked. Naturally they dared not proselytize. They grew ever more cautious in public, even while strengthening their personal fealty to their beliefs.
清朝末年，雲南、甘肅、青海等回民區，因為受不了地方官的高壓政策，紛紛起來反叛，事後遭到朝廷慘烈的報復行動，回教徒普遍受到打壓，自然不便積極傳教，反而益趨謹慎，只能在堅持個人信仰方面更為忠心。