China
Chinese Authorities Restrict Fasting in Ramadan
Adding to Uighur Muslims’ concerns, some parts of the far western Xinjiang district have banned Muslim party members, civil servants, students and teachers from fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, reviving every year’s religious restrictions.
China’s Anti-Islam Policies in Xinjiang ‘Fill Local Prison’
Harsh policies enacted by a newly appointed Communist Party secretary to a Uyghur-populated county in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region are causing great hardship to county residents, while filling a local prison with those found to be in violation of the laws, sources say.
Five Uyghur Muslims with beards on trial for ‘religious extremism’
A group of five Muslim ethnic Uyghur men who sport “crescent moon-shaped” beards are on trial in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for “religious extremism” after they were found to have secretly attended unsanctioned Islamic sermons, according to a Uyghur member of the ruling Communist Party.
University in China issues order banning female students from wearing Hijab on campus
A university in central China has sparked controversy after issuing a rare order banning female students from wearing headscarves on campus.
China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to “weaken” Islam
Authorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region have ordered shop owners and restaurateurs in a mainly Muslim Uyghur village to sell alcohol and cigarettes or face closure of their establishments, despite a public backlash against the products discouraged by followers of Islam, an official source said.
Two Muslim Uyghurs shot dead by Chinese forces for sneaking out of country
Chinese police have shot dead two suspected “terrorists” on the border with Vietnam, part of a group of people trying to sneak out of the country, state media said on Friday [April 17 2015].
Uyghur Muslim child beaten and abused by Chinese adults
Adults in the video are terrorising a Uyghur Muslim child like a wild animal by kicking, stepping on his fingers, and dragging him, while the child is screaming in a traumatised state. He was accused of ‘stealing’
Chinese authorities kill three members of Uyghur Muslim family in brutal ‘anti-terror’ raids
Authorities in northwest China’s restive Xinjiang region have killed three people and jailed two others from an ethnic Uyghur family during a three-month operation targeting suspected ‘terrorists’, according to state media and a relative of one of those killed.
Uyghur Muslim scholar jailed nine years for ‘refusing to cooperate’ with authorities
A court in northwestern China’s restive Xinjiang region has sentenced a prominent ethnic Uyghur Muslim religious scholar to nine years behind bars for “refusing to cooperate” with Chinese authorities, according to police and local officials.
Chinese authorities demolish home of Uighur Muslim family holding Quranic studies
Authorities in northwestern China’s restive Xinjiang region have demolished the home of an ethnic Uyghur Muslim family that had served as an underground school for Quranic studies, according to local officials and residents.
