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Uyghur Terrorism: A Misnomer? Thailand’s recent deportation to China of more than 100 Uyghurs – the majority ethnic group in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – drew a rebuke from the United Nations. It also prompted a strong public reaction within Turkey, which led to the Turkish...

China's Crackdowns in Tibet The United Nations is set to receive evidence that Chinese People's Armed Police troops have repeatedly opened fire on unarmed Tibetan protesters calling for religious freedom over the past seven years. Evidence of deadly attacks by the Chinese paramilitary on...

China's New Silk Road and Its Impact on Xinjiang China's plans for Central Asia are likely to see Beijing take a tighter grip on the restive Xinjiang region. China's New Silk Road is of interest to the West largely because of the great power rivalry that appears to be once again emerging in...

^^ CCP is praying that their citizens dont pray!! :D

^^ Updating the news with a video Searched for the video to see whose tunes they were dancing to...(Duh!!! no pun intended :D)

SIS gaining in Pak: Here's why China should be more worried than India The Islamic State (IS), also known as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is just reported to have increased its presence in Pakistan in a big way and recruited up to 12,000 people from the restive Balochistan province...

Beijing's Xinjiang Policy: Striking Too Hard? China's long-running Uighur insurgency has flared up dramatically of late, with more than 900 recorded deaths in the past seven years. This puts the conflict's cumulative death toll in a range similar to that of The Troubles in Ireland or the...

China's Uyghurs and Islamic State A report from China's Global Times (picked up and summarized by Reuters) says that China has arrested 10 Turkish nationals in Shanghai for their role in assisting ethnic Uyghurs in illegally leaving China. According to Global Times, the Uyghurs intended to use...

IX. Freedom of Religion and China's Responsibility under International Law China's stance towards freedom of religion remains equivocal. The political ideology of the CCP has traditionally been hostile to religion, but its policy since the late 1970s has been to tolerate religious belief and...

Sweeps by law enforcement agencies According to local residents in the Yili, Kashgar, and Hetian prefectures, the past few years have seen an increase in intrusive and targeted sweeps conducted by law enforcement agencies, generally the Public Security Bureau in conjunction with the People's...

Part 12 VII. Anti-Crime Campaigns and Religious Repression The Chinese government has periodically engaged in "Strike Hard" anti-crime campaigns that sweep up thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of alleged criminals in their wake. Intended to instill a sense of security in a public...

Part 11 Purging the schools of religion In Xinjiang, restrictions on religion in state educational institutions go far beyond prohibiting the teaching of religion. Xinjiang authorities are actively hostile to any action that may encourage religious interest among the young. The Urumqi Manual...

Part 10 V. Implementation: Restrictions on Freedom of Religion in Practice This section surveys three critical areas where the implementation of Xinjiang's religious regulations and policies violate the basic political and religious rights of believers: the registration of religious...

Part 9 A Manual for Urumqi Municipality Ethnic Religious Work The repressive framework imposed by the 2001 Amendments most probably derives from practical experience, and incorporates provisions already codified in the guidelines of religious affairs bureaus at various levels of government and...

Part 8 b) Extension of the "anti-separatist" clause, previously applied only to the clergy, to all "citizens who profess a religion" One of the intrusive demands on Muslim clerics set forth in Article 8 of the 1994 Regulations was the obligation to demonstrate loyalty to the Chinese state...

Part 7 IV. A Repressive Framework: Regulation of Religion in Xinjiang ...the intensified effort to administer religious affairs according to law...should be regarded as an important radical measure to oppose ethnic splittism and preserve social and political stability. At its heart, the...

The international response––acquiescence and quid pro quos The new Chinese description of the nature and level of violence and separatism in Xinjiang led to a significant change in the international approach to Xinjiang. The government, keen after September 11 to enlist Chinese support in its...

Part 5 Literature becomes sabotage Chinese authorities have not produced extensive evidence of specific activities carried out by what it has termed "terrorist forces" in Xinjiang over the past few years. Instead, Chinese authorities now argue that "separatist thought" is the new approach...

Part 4 Post 9/11: labeling Uighurs terrorists Although the Xinjiang authorities began to publicly acknowledge anti-state violence in Xinjiang in the mid-1990s, they generally suggested that it was carried out only by "a handful of separatists" and stressed that the region was stable and...

Part 3 Uighur Islam The Uighurs have long practiced a moderate, traditional form of Sunni Islam, strongly infused with the folklore and traditions of a rural, oasis-dwelling population. Today most Uighurs still live in rural communities, although large cities have emerged in the region. Their...