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China will rewrite the Bible and the Quran to 'reflect socialist values'
PUBLISHED: 06:40 EST, 24 December 2019
China will rewrite the Bible and Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on the country's religious groups, a report has revealed.
New editions must not contain any content that goes against the beliefs of the Communist Party, according to a top party official. Paragraphs deemed wrong by the censors will be amended or re-translated.
Though the Bible and Quran were not mentioned specifically, the party called for a 'comprehensive evaluation of the existing religious classics aiming at contents which do not conform to the progress of the times'.
The order was given in November during a meeting held by the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which oversees the ethnic and religious matters in China.
November's meeting took place as China faced global criticism over its religious policy.
A cache of leaked documents has shown how the Chinese government run a system of re-education centres to indoctrinate its Muslim people in the far-western province of Xinjiang.
The documents, which include guidelines for operating detention centres and instructions for how to use technology to target people, reveal that the camps in Xinjiang are not for voluntary job training, as Beijing has claimed.
UN experts and activists have claimed that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in the detention centres in the region.
Former detainees claimed that Muslims were forced to eat pork and speak Mandarin in those internment camps.
After initially denying their existence, China acknowledged that it had opened 'vocational education centres' in Xinjiang aimed at preventing extremism by teaching Mandarin and job skills.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in November that the leaked documents proved that Chinese authorities were engaged in massive and systemic repression of Muslims and other minorities.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ite-Bible-Quran-reflect-socialist-values.html
- Beijing said all translated classic religious books should be 're-evaluated'
- The new editions must not contain any content that contradicts socialism
- Paragraphs deemed wrong by censors will be amended or re-translated
- Comes as China faces widespread criticism over its policy against Muslims
PUBLISHED: 06:40 EST, 24 December 2019
China will rewrite the Bible and Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on the country's religious groups, a report has revealed.
New editions must not contain any content that goes against the beliefs of the Communist Party, according to a top party official. Paragraphs deemed wrong by the censors will be amended or re-translated.
Though the Bible and Quran were not mentioned specifically, the party called for a 'comprehensive evaluation of the existing religious classics aiming at contents which do not conform to the progress of the times'.
The order was given in November during a meeting held by the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which oversees the ethnic and religious matters in China.
November's meeting took place as China faced global criticism over its religious policy.
A cache of leaked documents has shown how the Chinese government run a system of re-education centres to indoctrinate its Muslim people in the far-western province of Xinjiang.
The documents, which include guidelines for operating detention centres and instructions for how to use technology to target people, reveal that the camps in Xinjiang are not for voluntary job training, as Beijing has claimed.
UN experts and activists have claimed that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in the detention centres in the region.
Former detainees claimed that Muslims were forced to eat pork and speak Mandarin in those internment camps.
After initially denying their existence, China acknowledged that it had opened 'vocational education centres' in Xinjiang aimed at preventing extremism by teaching Mandarin and job skills.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in November that the leaked documents proved that Chinese authorities were engaged in massive and systemic repression of Muslims and other minorities.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ite-Bible-Quran-reflect-socialist-values.html
