Curbs on religious extremism beefed up in Xinjiang

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Regulation bans jihad videos at religious centers

Updated: 2014-11-29 08:37
By Cui Jia(China Daily)

A regulation prohibiting people from wearing or forcing others to wear clothes or logos associated with religious extremism was passed in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Friday.

The revised regional regulation on religious affairs is the first in the country to target religious extremism.

The measure was approved unanimously by the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang People's Congress, and is due to come into force on Jan 1 next year. It is intended to protect legal religious activities.

"An increasing number of problems involving religious affairs have emerged in Xinjiang," said Ma Mingcheng, deputy director of the Xinjiang People's Congress and director of its legislative affairs committee.

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[Jim__]

1. "The regulation says people should not use religion to interfere with ... wedding ... traditions."

It sounds like a pretty open-ended regulation:

The regulation prohibits people from distributing and viewing videos about jihad, or holy war, religious extremism and terrorism in or outside religious venues, and requires religious leaders to report such activities to the local authorities and police.

People will not be allowed to practice religion in government offices, public schools, businesses or institutions. Religious activities will have to take place in registered venues.

The regulation says people should not use religion to interfere with the judicial system or wedding and funeral traditions.

[cbayer]

3. Seriously? This is fascist to its core.

Pretty open-ended?

[Jim__]

4. Open-ended meaning they can interpret it any way they want. - n/t

[cbayer]

5. That seems to me to be part of the problem.

They can interpret it any way they want.

[Jim__]

6. Yes, that's what I mean - it's a problem.

[cbayer]

7. OH, duh. So sorry. I completely misread your post.

My apologies.

[Jim__]

11. No problem. - n/t

[okasha]

8. Of course it is.

The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking Indo European Muslim people who have lived in this area from the time of the first IE migrations 3000 or so years ago. The atheist government of China is not only religiously repressive, it's deeply racist. Beijing has been attempting to displace these people by moving ethnic Han Chinese into the area. We're talking cultural genocide here.

[cbayer]

9. It's alarming. Thanks for the additional information.

[okasha]

10. Worst case scenario

is that this is another step toward "ethnic cleansing."

[cbayer]

2. This is good, right? Banning religion is a good thing, isn't it?

[okasha]

12. Together Beijing and Dawkins

can find the cure.

[cbayer]

13. One way or another. Wow, just wow!! You brought up !!!???!!DAWKINS???!!!

[okasha]

14. Expect cries of "POPE FRRRAAAANNNNKKL!!!!!!" at any moment.