Photos : China Forces Muslim Imams To Dance On Streets & Swear To Not Preach Islam To Youths

In a major crackdown on religious freedoms, China has forced
the imams of eastern Muslim majority district of Xinjiang to
dance in the street, and swear to an oath that they will not
teach religion to children as well as telling them that prayer is
harmful to the soul.
During the incident, reported recently by World Bulletin,
Muslim imams were forced to brandish the slogan that “our
income comes from the CKP not from Allah.”
State Chinese news said the imams were gathering in a square
in the name of civilization where they were forced to dance and
chant out slogans in support of the state.
The slogans included statements glorifying the state over
religion such as “peace of the country gives peace to the soul”.
They also gave speeches telling youth to stay away from
mosques, and that the prayer was harmful to their health,
encouraging them to dance instead.
Female teachers were instructed to teach children to stay away
from religious education and made to swear an oath that they
will keep children away from religion.
Uighur Muslims are a Turkish-speaking minority of eight
million in the northwestern Xinjiang region.
Xinjiang, which activists call East Turkestan, has been
autonomous since 1955 but continues to be the subject of
massive security crackdowns by Chinese authorities.
Rights groups accuse Chinese authorities of religious
repression against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang in the name
of counter terrorism.
Last November, Xinjiang banned the practicing of religion in
government buildings, as well as wearing clothes or logos
associated with religious extremism.
In August, the northern Xinjiang city of Karamay prohibited
young men with beards and women in burqas or hijabs from
boarding public buses.
Earlier in July, China banned students and government staff
from observing Ramadan fasting, as officials tried to
encourage locals in Xinjiang not to wear Islamic veils.
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