{"id":3831,"date":"2017-07-18T19:44:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2017\/07\/18\/muslims-china-are-now-under-police-state\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T19:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:44:14","slug":"muslims-china-are-now-under-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/muslims-china-are-now-under-police-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims in China Are Now Under a \u2018Police State\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>NextShark<\/div>\n<div>Members of the traditionally Muslim group have expressed that they have since been living under constant discrimination.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>James Leibold, an expert on Chinese security at Australia\u2019s La Trobe University, told the AFP that China is \u201cessentially creating a police state of unprecedented scale.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>The Chinese government has been blaming Islamist militants and separatists for the violence and turmoil that have been ravaging the region for years.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>However, rights groups have pointed out that the government\u2019s increasingly repressive policies are causing more harm than good, as they may push some Uyghurs into extremism.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>A recent report from Radio Free Asia revealed that hundreds of Uyghurs who were returning from pilgrimages abroad were arrested and jailed last week.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere is a huge crackdown in Xinjiang,\u201d a rights lawyer was quoted as saying.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>China has reportedly ordered the courts in the region to \u201cdeal with\u201d anyone participating in any form of \u201cillegal religious activity.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>According to activists, the government has also made efforts to curtail Uyghur commercial and cultural activities.<\/div>\n<div>Back in March, China even banned wearing burqas and \u2018abnormal\u2019 beards in Xinjiang.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The state also banned other \u201cextremists acts\u201d which include, \u201crefusal to listen to government radio or watch state-produced television programs\u201d, \u201cdenying children of having a national education\u201d,\u201cinterfering with or sabotaging the enforcement of family planning policies\u201d, \u201cdamaging national identity cards, household registration books or the Chinese currency on purpose\u201d as well as \u201cusing the concept of Halal in non-food-related areas or using it to intervene in other people\u2019s secular lives.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Even the schools in the region<a href=\"https:\/\/nextshark.com\/china-band-burwas-beards-extremism-in-uyghur-region-xinjiang\/\"> take part in the cultural repression&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 13.008px;\">, with students reportedly being discouraged from using the traditional Arabic Muslim greeting As-Salaam Alaikum (\u201cpeace be upon you\u201d).<\/span><\/div>\n<div>The policies are reportedly in accordance with President Xi Jinping\u2019s call for a \u201cgreat wall of iron\u201d in Xinjiang during the annual meeting of China\u2019s parliament earlier this year.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>A group of Uyghurs, who claimed to be a part of the Islamic State group, have earlier threatened they would return to China and \u201cshed blood like rivers.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NextShark Members of the traditionally Muslim group have expressed that they have since been living under constant discrimination. &nbsp; 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