Names with strong religious meanings like Islam, Koran, Mecca, Imam, Saddam, Hajj, and Medina, as well as names that have “connotations of holy war [Jihad] or of splittism [sic – Xinjiang independence]” are included in the list….The new decree comes after Chinese authorities banned “abnormal” beards and veils in public places. Even China — known […]
China bans burqas and “abnormal beards” in predominantly Muslim province
China’s Xinjiang province, home to around 10 million Muslims, passed legislation Wednesday prohibiting forms of religious expression including wearing veils in public places and growing “abnormal” beards. Last year, “China’s top leadership….warned the Chinese people to shun the practise of Islam and to stick to China’s state policy of “Marxist Atheism.” China has long cracked […]
China: Muslims drive car into government building and set off bomb, killing one person
“The government has blamed the unrest on Islamist militants, though rights groups and exiles say anger at Chinese controls on the religion and culture of Uighurs is more to blame for the unrest.” Why, of course. What Islamic jihadists do is never their fault or responsibility, and never comes from imperatives in the Qur’an mandating […]
China: Muslim leader says beer festival “open provocation to the Islamic faith”
The Chinese government has reportedly implemented some extremely harsh measures to try to stop jihad terror activity. A beer festival in a Muslim area, however, is not one of them unless attendance was mandatory. Nonetheless, Dilxat Raxit calls the festival an “open provocation to the Islamic faith,” with the clear implication that non-Muslims should not […]
China: Islamic jihadists murder 15 in Xinjiang
Notice how this AP report repeats the Uighur versions of events uncritically. They’re on the side of the jihadists, so they must be right — as far as the mainstream media is concerned. The mainstream media rejects in principle the idea that jihad against unbelievers is taught in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and so when […]