” Ramadan procedures are being taken,” stated a village cop in Kashgars Tokkuzak (Toukezhake) municipality. Celebrations religious policy. The party never stated to eliminate faith, however to Sinicize it.”
” This system is developed to avoid religious beliefs to have unfavorable results on childrens minds,” he stated. A cadre from the village is registering individuals who fulfill the requirements for fasting.”
Tursunjan Mamat sets down a copy of the Quran throughout a government organized go to for foreign reporters to his house in Aksu prefecture, northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 20, 2021. Credit: Associated Press
Painting a sham photo
In past years, authorities have actually alerted Uyghur homeowners that they might be punished for fasting, including by being sent to one of the XUARs huge network of internment camps, where authorities are thought to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities because April 2017. Authorities also have actually required retirees to pledge ahead of Ramadan that they will not quickly or hope to set an example for the wider community and to presume duty for guaranteeing others also refrain.
” It is tragic and pathetic to see Chinas notice that only particular people can quick,” stated Turghunjan Alawudun, director of the Committee for Religious Affairs at the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) in Germany. “The Muslim world would laugh at Chinas actions and be astonished by the setting of a quota for those who can quickly.”
The Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project released a statement on Thursday showing solidarity with Uyghurs in Xinjiang who can not hold iftar, the meal eaten by Muslims at sundown to break the daily quickly throughout Ramadan, or hope “without risking being labeled a religious extremist.”
” There will be no Ramadan for Uyghurs in the homeland this year– or any year– until Chinas campaign of genocide is given an end,” the statement said.
The Campaign for Uyghurs, likewise based in Washington, also noted that Uyghurs in Xinjiang are once again being forbidden to praise and commemorate spiritual vacations.
” To include insult to this oppression, the CCP selectively deploys Islam to paint a sham image,” the group stated in a statement released Thursday.
WUC president Dolkun Isa stated China has actually turned Ramadan into “a month of hellish suffering of genocide for the Uyghur people” and called on Muslim leaders worldwide to condemn the rights abuses taking place in Xinjiang.
” Its your spiritual and moral duty to get in touch with China to stop this continuous genocide,” he said. “History will not treat you kindly if you continue to allow this genocide to continue under your watch.”
The U.S. and parliaments in some Western countries have stated Chinas actions against the Uyghurs and other Turkic people a genocide and crimes against mankind, though China has actually rejected allegations of abuse.
Translated by Mamatjan Juma and Alim Seytoff of RFAs Uyghur Service. Composed in English by Roseanne Gerin.
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Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are limiting the variety of Muslims enabled to observe the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, drawing heavy criticism from rights groups that see the government directive as the latest effort to decrease Uyghur culture in the area.
For many years, officials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have actually forbidden Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims from completely observing Ramadan including by banning civil servants, students and instructors from fasting.
Some area committees in Urumqi (in Chinese, Wulumuqi) and some village authorities in Kashgar (Kashi) and Hotan (Hetian) prefectures have gotten notices that just 10-50 Muslims will be allowed to fast throughout Ramadan, which runs from April 1 to May 1, and that those who do so should register with authorities, according local administrators and police in Xinjiang.
” Ramadan procedures are being taken,” said a town policeman in Kashgars Tokkuzak (Toukezhake) municipality. Celebrations religious policy. The celebration never stated to abolish faith, however to Sinicize it.”
A village administrator who oversees 10 households in Ghulja (Yining) county in Ili Kazakh (Yili Hasake) Autonomous Prefecture, stated registration was already under way in his neighborhood which the elderly and grownups without any school-age children are enabled to fast.
” This system is created to prevent faith to have negative effects on kidss minds,” he stated. “There is a lot of propaganda about it today. A cadre from the town is registering people who meet the criteria for fasting.”
Another administrator who supervises 10 households in the city of Atush (Atushi) in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture said he received a notification about the fasting constraint from local authorities.
” Of the 10 households that I supervise, 2– Tahir and Ahmet– were determined as ones that can quickly,” he said. “Both are elderly and have no kids in your home.”
A Uyghur staff member at a hotel called by RFA on Wednesday said he could not say anything about Ramadan and hung up the phone.
