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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hui of Malaysia

The Hui of Malaysia, numbering approximately 18,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a diaspora community of Hui (Chinese Muslims) in Malaysia They are an Diaspora people, with Hui as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chinese-Hui people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Chinese, Mandarin.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Hui

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Chinese-Hui
Primary Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 18,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG020237
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chinese, Mandarin
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Chinese, Mandarin Speakers

Media Resources in Chinese, Mandarin:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Chinese, Mandarin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing)✓✓✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Chinese, Mandarin bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Hui:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Hui of Malaysia

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
read1 Corinthians 3:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified in making disciples and be used by God to further His kingdom near and far.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Hui Across Countries (ROP3 - 103896) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HuiPG007206HuiChina11,510,000Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG043088HuiThailand91,500Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG017642HuiTaiwan60,500Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG018444HuiSingapore18,000Unengaged and UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG020237HuiMalaysia18,000Unengaged and UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG025000HuiMyanmar9,800Unengaged and UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG049412HuiUnited States2,300Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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