news Xi Jinping states that Islam in China must be "Chinese in orientation"

[Jotham]

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According to state-run Xinhua News Agency, Xi urged local officials to make "enhanced efforts" to "uphold the principle that Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation, and to adapt religions to a socialist society."

 

Xi highlighted the importance of religious followers staying closely united with the Communist Party and the government.

 

“China, a country with ethnic unity, is invincible and will have a bright future, and our Second Centenary Goal is bound to be achieved and so is the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” Xi was quoted as saying.

 

He also stressed strengthening different ethnic groups’ identification with Chinese culture, the nation and the Communist Party through education and guidance.

 

"We have formulated ethnic theories and policies characterized by ethnic equality and unity, regional ethnic autonomy, and shared development and prosperity, so that all ethnic groups have enjoyed equality, unity and progress in real sense under the socialist system," the Chinese president was quoted as saying.

 

Xi dubbed Xinjiang a “core area and a hub” in China’s development program, which consists of building ports, railways and power stations meant to connect the country to Central Asia and Eastern Europe nations.

 

Xi’s Xinjiang visit came amid heavy criticism from the U.S. and several European countries that oppose China’s oppression of the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the region.

 

China has maintained that the rights of its citizens, including those of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, are protected.

 

However, in the last several years, Chinese security forces have been accused of aggressively quelling protests by Uyghur Muslims over settlements from Han Chinese originating outside the province.

 

In May, leaked confidential documents purportedly showed new information about the detainment of the Uyghurs, which Chinese officials have dubbed a fabrication. However, authorities maintained that the camps are “about countering violent terrorism, radicalization and separatism, not about human rights or religion.”

 

[Bosque]

The CCP hates diversity of thought and and has moved aggressively to erase anything but the Han Chinese identity from the country, so this is hardly surprising. 

[Archetype]

Sounds about right for the CCP.  You need to worship the government before your religious idols.  

[Unknown User]

And somehow their iron brother Pakistan will continue to turn a blind eye to it  

[SmittenCake]

41 minutes ago, Unknown User said:

And somehow their iron brother Pakistan will continue to turn a blind eye to it  

and the other gulf states will turn a blind eye as well

 

 

but then these same gulf states demand India to apologize because of something a politician said

 

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china is not socalist 

[Bears01]

2 hours ago, Dephira said:

The CCP hates diversity of thought and and has moved aggressively to erase anything but the Han Chinese identity from the country, so this is hardly surprising. 

[Sugar-Rush]

The way China remains the most Islamophobic and homophobic nation in the world, but most people would rather turn a blind eye to their bullshit.

[Jagger]

Probably the worst and trashiest country on earth 

[Tropez]

Why do majority Muslim nations stay silent on this. But if any other country did the same hell would break loose? I don’t get it. 

[ZIVERT]

See, it’s situations like these that make me question people’s motivations behind criticizing Israel. Muslims in both Palestine and China face repression, but only one country gets the most vocal backlash. “Ethnic theories and policies” just sounds very nazi-like to me  

[Aren]

One thing is for sure, no school teacher is getting beheaded in China.

[SmittenCake]

14 hours ago, Tropez said:

Why do majority Muslim nations stay silent on this. But if any other country did the same hell would break loose? I don’t get it. 

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