Xi’s crackdown on the region and its Uyghur population has been labeled an attempted genocide by some governments, human rights groups and legal bodies.

Chinese authorities have detained at least 1 million people in detention and reeducation centres and enacted mass surveillance and systematic oppression of religious and cultural expression. Religious and cultural sites have been destroyed or largely closed off to religious observers, according to research groups. The UN last year found credible evidence of torture and other human rights abuses of Uyghur people, while Human Rights Watch and legal watchdogs say crimes against humanity have been committed.

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I’m wondering what China’s potential BRICS partners like Saudi Arabia and Egypt and possibly others say. I mean, Islam is the state religion these countries, and China declares that “illegal religious activities.” Can someone enlighten me?

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They don’t care. Religion is a tool of the authorities, not a code they live by

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Yeah, but isn’t that hypocritical?

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Obviously, but what were you expecting?

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I’m not sure that hypocrisy has ever stopped world leaders who have money on the line.

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They absolutely love it and are asking China to help them implement it in their own countries. What people don’t understand is this isn’t about stopping or oppressing the Islamic religion. What China is doing is turning the Islamic religion into a state controlled apparatus. They weren’t destroying mosques, they were rebuilding them in China’s image.

They didn’t stop people from worshipping Allah, they made it so that if you worship Allah, you’re also worshiping the CCP. For all of that, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are incredibly jealous. They too want the Islamic religion to become a state controlled enterprise. What China is creating is a state controlled religion. One that all the other Islamic states want a taste of. This is why Turkey is quiet on this. While part of NATO, Turkey wants a piece of that action too.

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Reeducation or brain washing

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Never again

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If you look at a map of China’s BRI the reason behind this is obvious; half of China’s major Asian BRI projects go right through the Uyghur territory of Xinjiang. Any kind of rebellion that puts the BRI projects at risk is simply unacceptable to China’s strategic goals.

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The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has made a surprise visit to Xinjiang, urging officials in the region to conserve “hard won social stability” and deepen efforts in controlling “illegal religious activities”.

During his visit, Xi urged officials to “more deeply promote the Sinicisation of Islam and effectively control illegal religious activities”.

Xi’s crackdown on the region and its Uyghur population has been labeled an attempted genocide by some governments, human rights groups and legal bodies.

Chinese authorities have detained at least 1 million people in detention and reeducation centres and enacted mass surveillance and systematic oppression of religious and cultural expression.

However, there is overwhelming evidence that Beijing’s policies frequently target benign and everyday acts of religious observance, including the wearing of beards or studying the Qur’an.

He said the region was “no longer a remote area” but a core hub for the belt and road development initiative, and that it should open up more to domestic and foreign tourism, state media reported.


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