{"id":3836,"date":"2017-07-19T18:59:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2017\/07\/19\/china-bans-religion-90-million-people\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:59:39","slug":"china-bans-religion-90-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/china-bans-religion-90-million-people\/","title":{"rendered":"China Bans Religion For 90 Million People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chinese government banned religion for all members of the Communist Party of China, and threatened to punish those who show any support for religion.<\/p>\n

Every one of the Communist Party of China\u2019s (CPC) nearly 90 million members<\/a> must not only disavow any personal religious beliefs, but must also refuse to support religious activities for any reason, even for the benefit of China, according to a mandate released July 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cParty members should be firm Marxist atheists, obey Party rules and stick to the Party\u2019s faith \u2026 they are not allowed to seek value and belief in religion,\u201d the mandate stated, according to Global Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligions should be sinicized (made Chinese in character or form)\u2026 We should guide religious groups and individuals with socialist core values and excellent traditional Chinese culture and support religious groups to dig into their doctrines to find parts that are beneficial to social harmony and development,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n

The author of the mandate, Wang Zuoan, director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), asserted foreign religions, such as Christianity and Islam, have been used to further political beliefs contrary to those of China\u2019s ruling communist party. Therefore, they must be regulated and made to conform for \u201cnational security and social stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wang\u2019s permanent ban on religion for CPC members, while new, conforms exactly to the rules of the party, which has investigated and expelled high ranking members for religious belief or support of religion in the past. While China\u2019s constitution guarantees some degree of religious freedom, it makes no guarantee that a person may freely practice their faith, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n

China has tried to route out Islam<\/a> in Xinjiang, China\u2019s largest province, and has heavily persecuted Christians who do not conform to CPC practices, in some cases secretly imprisoning them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CPC members believe Xinjiang, among other autonomous regions, requires even more work to be made to conform to Wang\u2019s mandate, Su Wei, professor of the Party School of the CPC Chongqing Committee, told the Global Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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