{"id":4311,"date":"2018-10-28T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T16:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/28\/muslims-protest-detention-uighur-muslims-china\/"},"modified":"2018-10-28T16:54:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T16:54:14","slug":"muslims-protest-detention-uighur-muslims-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/muslims-protest-detention-uighur-muslims-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims Protest the Detention of Uighur Muslims in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

MUMBAI \u2014 About 150 Muslims protested in Mumbai, India\u2019s financial capital, Sept. 14 to demand that China stop detaining thousands of minority Uighur Muslims in camps and political indoctrination centers in its Xinjiang region.<\/span><\/p>\n

The protesters chanted \u201cDown with China\u2019\u201d as they demonstrated outside a mosque Sept. 14 after Friday noon prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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An organizer, Mohammed Saeed Nori, accused China of detaining many Muslims in camps and \u201csnatching their religious freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

China has tightened restrictions over the instruction of Islam and the Uighur language in an effort to assimilate the minority group into the Chinese mainstream, which is dominated by the Han ethnic group. It says the process will bring economic benefits to Xinjiang\u2019s poor people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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China has denied operating the camps and said it is taking necessary measures to fight terrorism, religious extremism <\/span>and<\/span> separatism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: AP<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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