The law in China applied for everyone and all religions not just Islam alone.
Example:
No one is allowed to propagate or force his/her religion to an adolescents until he reached a mature age of 18.
After that he can decide what religion he/she wishes to follow.
There is nothing cultural in here as alleged.
I think it is a great law and it promotes harmony and security for everyone in China. Some may not agreed but IMO the law is fair.
The law is the same for everyone, unfortunately some of your laws are discriminatory.
Take the law you have stated for example - I could understand if it was limited to the term force, but it also includes the term propegate. This means that people of any religion cannot teach their children about their religion. That is an intrusion on their human rights, it restricts them from freely practising their faith. It is a religious duty of a Muslim parent to teach their child their faith.
In your home you went to bed when your parents told you to - not the state. You ate what your parents cooked, not what the state mandated you eat. In your free time you learnt whatever your parents told you to - not the state.If you did not go to bed on time, if you did do your piano lessons, if you refused to eat your vegetables, your parents had the right to discipline you. They also had the right to make you take piano lessons, or make you eat vegetables, or make you go to sleep at 9pm.
Muslim parents consider it a religious duty to raise their children to understand their religion and to carry out their religious practices, dress in accordance to religious regulations, pray, prepare meals in accordance to religious value. These religious values form a part of muslim culture. By denying them the right to propgate their religion to their children;
1. You limit their freedom to practice their faith,
2. You discriminate against their ability to raise their children in accordance to their wishes
3. You limit their freedom to pass on their culture and their values to their children.
These do not apply to people who do not have a religion. A non religious chinese can make their child practice piano, but a religious chinese cannot make their child read the Quran.
A non religious Chinese can make their child eat cabbage, but a religious chinese cannot tell their child to only eat meat that has been slaughtered in the halal method.
A non religious chinese can make his child get up at 5am for exercise, but a religious chinese cannot make his child get up at 5am for prayers.
As you can see this is clear discrimination.
The law would not be a problem if it was restricted to the term force. If a child was being forced to do something against their will and was being harmed by the parent by not doing it, you could argue the law is in place to protect the child, but currently the law limits the child from their own religion and culture.
I didn’t think so
