{"id":2736,"date":"2016-06-07T00:53:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2016\/06\/07\/ramadan-fasting-banned-muslim-majority-xinjiang-china-restaurants-remain-open\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T00:53:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:53:22","slug":"ramadan-fasting-banned-muslim-majority-xinjiang-china-restaurants-remain-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/ramadan-fasting-banned-muslim-majority-xinjiang-china-restaurants-remain-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan fasting banned in Muslim-majority Xinjiang by China, restaurants to remain open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan began on a sad note in Muslim-majority region Xinjiang, home to about 10 million Uyghur (Uighur) Muslims, with a ban on fasting and other restrictions by China. The clampdown covers civil servants, students and children, reported AFP on Monday, citing government websites.<\/p>\n<p>June 6, 2016 19:13 IST<br \/>By S V Krishnamachari<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan began on a sad note in Muslim-majority region&nbsp;Xinjiang, home to about 10 million Uyghur (Uighur)&nbsp;Muslims, with a ban on fasting and other restrictions by China.&nbsp;The clampdown covers&nbsp;civil servants, students and children, reported&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/international\/rest-of-asia\/china-bans-ramadan-fasting-in-muslim-region\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFP<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday, citing government websites.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s ruling Communist party has imposed the ban on government employees and minors from fasting in Xinjiang over the years, besides asking eateries to remain open, the agency added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Party members, cadres, civil servants, students and minors must not fast for Ramadan and must not take part in religious activities,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/international\/rest-of-asia\/china-bans-ramadan-fasting-in-muslim-region\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFP&nbsp;<\/a>quoted a notice posted on Thursday on the government website of central Xinjiang&#8217;s Korla city as saying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the Ramadan month, food and drink businesses must not close,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>This is in contradiction to a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-xinjiang-religion-idUSKCN0YO0HH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>&nbsp;report a few days ago that referred to Chinese officials denying any ban on fasting in Xinjiang during Ramadan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, whether to close or open halal restaurants is completely determined by the owners themselves without interference,&#8221; the agency had quoted a Chinese government official as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Xinjiang borders Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.<\/p>\n<p>The region, endowed with natural resources, has witnessed many clashes between the&nbsp; Muslim Uyghur&nbsp;(Uighur)&nbsp;minority and state security forces. The Chinese government has been blaming militants for instigating people to seek independence.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government&#8217;s move has been slammed by an activist of the&nbsp;World Uyghur Congress, an exile group. &#8220;China thinks that the Islamic faith of Uyghurs threatens the rule of the Beijing leadership,&#8221; the agency quoted activist&nbsp;Dilxat Raxithim as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan began on a sad note in Muslim-majority region Xinjiang, home to about 10 million Uyghur (Uighur) Muslims, with a ban on fasting and other restrictions by China. 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