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Every Thursday afternoon, Turnisa Matsedik-Qira stands outside the Chinese consulate protesting the treatment of her family and other Uyghur families whose relatives have simply disappeared.
Last week, she’d only had a few hours sleep after her overnight nursing shift on a COVID ward before heading out to join others across Canada for this weekly protest.
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Sometimes, Matsedik-Qira’s husband and twins go with her. Sometimes, she is the only protester, which can be frightening. Several times when she’s been alone, people have shown up and verbally abused her. At home, she’s received a threatening phone call.
Religious activities oppressed in Xinjiang amid draconian Chinese policies ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 21:50 IST
Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Under the draconian Chinese policies, the future of Islam appears precarious in Xinjiang as religious activities are practiced under rules set by China s Communist Party.
Outside observers say scores of mosques have been demolished, a charge Beijing denies, and locals say the number of worshippers is sinking, reported The Diplomat.
A decade ago, 4,000 to 5,000 people attended Friday prayers at the Id Kah Mosque in the historic Silk Road city of Kashgar. Now only 800 to 900 do, said the mosque s Imam, Mamat Juma.
Recently, the Chinese government organized a five-day visit to Xinjiang in April for about a dozen foreign correspondents, part of an intense propaganda campaign to counter allegations of abuse, reported The Diplomat.
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Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Under the draconian Chinese policies, the future of Islam appears precarious in Xinjiang as religious activities are practiced under rules set by China’s Communist Party. Outside observers say scores of mosques have been demolished, a charge Beijing denies, and locals say the number of worshippers is sinking, reported The Diplomat. […]
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Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he’s fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not permitted for minors, he explained.
The 32-year-old ethnic Uyghur wasn’t complaining, at least not to a group of foreign journalists brought to his home outside the city of Aksu by government officials, who listened in on his responses. It seemed he was giving a matter-of-fact description of how religion is practiced under rules set by China’s Communist Party.
“My children know who our holy creator is, but I don’t give them detailed religious knowledge,” he said, speaking through a translator. “After they reach 18, they can receive religious education according to their own will.”