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The Uyghur Muslims in China’s have not been following rituals during the holy month of Ramadan over the fear of being called extremists and subsequently detained and subjected to harsh interrogations.
Authorities tightly controlled entry to mosques while allowing restaurants to remain open ensuring Uyghur Muslim population in northwestern Xinjiang province does not follow Ramadan.
“Oh, no there’s no such thing now,” responded Uyghur Muslims when asked by radio Free Asia if he was fasting for Ramadan. “I know neither when Ramadan is starting nor when it will end. I’m going to and from work in the early mornings, so I’m completely unaware, OK?”
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Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a prominent Uyghur author, whose work was targeted in a book burning campaign following his detention four years ago, to 20 years in prison, according to officials.
A tipster recently told RFA’s Uyghur Service that Ahtam Omer, the author of a collection of short stories entitled
Child of the Eagle and who had been missing since early 2017, had been detained and that his book was ripped from shelves across the XUAR last year and set alight as part of a campaign to censor him.
According to the source, Omer was detained in 2017 in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture’s Makit (Maigaiti) county, a month after his brother Anwar Omer and nephew Iskander Omer.
Fearing extremist tag, Xinjiang s Uighur Muslims not fasting in Ramzan
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File photo: Uighur men sit on steps as they watch a dance performance at the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi in western China s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
BEIJING: After three years of ban on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in China s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang refrain fasting during Ramadan despite easing of restrictions this year, due to lingering fear of being branded an extremist and marked for detention.
Fearing extremist tag, Xinjiang s Uyghur Muslims not fasting in Ramzan
Residents were told that that they could face punishment for fasting, including being sent to one of the XUAR s vast network of internment camps.
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BEIJING: After three years of ban on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in China s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang refrain fasting during Ramadan despite easing of restrictions this year, due to lingering fear of being branded an extremist and marked for detention.
Shohret Hoshur, in an article in Radio Free Asia (RFA), wrote that Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the XUAR for years have been prohibited from fully observing Ramadan due to religious persecution and restrictions imposed by the Chinese government, which has in many cases banned civil servants, students and teachers from fasting during the holy month.
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