Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders spread the myth that the Hui people put the ashes of cremated imams in the cooking water they used to serve Tibetans food , to convert Tibetans to Islam .
Local Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders led a regional boycott movement that encouraged Tibetans to boycott Hui-owned shops , spreading the myth that Hui put the ashes of cremated imams in the cooking water they used to serve Tibetans food , in order to convert Tibetans to Islam .
Hui people