Imam Caoyang is one of the militant Muslim clerics who migrated to Mecca (Mazmah) to study religious sciences. It was during this time that the communist revolution (Mao) was formed in China and China went towards becoming communist. In 1950, Imam Caoyang returned to his homeland to promote and preserve Islam in China as the leader of the Muslims of that country, and for seven years he prevented the destruction of Islam in the security and anti-religious atmosphere of communist China with his speeches, meetings and travels throughout China. did
Imam Caoyang, who continued the path of Imam “Mahsiang Chen” after entering China, after hearing the story of the martyrdom of that great man due to the tortures of the communists, he realized the depth of the red disaster in his country and his cultural and political struggles in its suffocating atmosphere. Time began. Before him, Imam Ma-Hisang-Chen, in his last teaching and before his martyrdom in July 1949, had reminded his followers that communists are without exception atheists and irreligious, but the virtue of Muslims is that they did not oppose the ruling government and at the same time Do not be fooled by the promises of the regime. Then he swears them to be diligent in preserving the unity of Islam so that they receive God’s grace and blessings. And after that, Caoyang saw himself as the inheritor of the struggle and defense of Islam and freedom in China. Seven years of this struggle took place directly in China and the rest outside China. After leaving China and living in Taiwan, with the help of his wife, he published his memories of communist China to reveal the true face of the communists at the height of the glory of this empire.
Taken from the book Memoirs of Imam Caoyang – translated by Abbas Logical – Marksanad Publications