China's ethnic minorities have special treatment in education, as the two major Muslim nation, HUI and the Uighurs enjoy special points in higher education, offer a maximum of 50 points to go to university.
However, as far as I know, not every Muslim that they attach importance to modern scientific knowledge, particularly in poor areas, many people still send their children to religious schools for the entire youth. I do not blame Muslims for their children to receive religious education, but this is a competitive society, religious knowledge is not enough just to survive. HUI handling is quite good, they let their children go to school, but will arrange training courses during the holidays and religious knowledge, they get a balance in the modern knowledge and their own belief, however, if you put your child the entire time spent on religious knowledge, unless a mullah, your future will be limited and some poor areas still can not get rid of poverty, frankly, this is an important reason.