Muslims in Middle Kingdom and Contemporary China Celebrating Festivals and More

[Al Bhatti]

Wait, so you're fluent in Chinese?

I can have a basic general conversation, I have done HSK (汉语水平考试）Level 2 (score 199/200) and level 4 (score 269/300). All by self study.

 

[opruh]

Oh no they are suffering under the hands of the oppressive Chinese regime, quick @atawolf go save them.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Oh no they are suffering under the hands of the oppressive Chinese regime, quick @atawolf go save them.

atatwolf claimed that he is only a Pan-Turkist, so he won't give a rata$$ about the live of other Muslim ethnicities.

 

[Beast]

AP PHOTOS: China's minority Muslims observe Ramadan - Yahoo News Singapore

BEIJING (AP) — Liu Shoupeng, a 74-year-old retired electrical engineer, is a devout Muslim in China, where he says his practice of Islam has not only been protected, but also respected.

Arranged through local government officials, Liu told The Associated Press on Saturday on the day following the end of the holy month of Ramadan that his country's stability is of paramount importance to his religious belief.

"We must support this country. Only with a stable country can we better engage in our religious life," said Liu, at a time when China has come under attack for placing restrictions on Islam, including banning party cadres and government workers from participating in Ramadan in the far west region of Xinjiang.

The region is home to the Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic minority Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), who have long complained of repressive religious and cultural policies by the majority Han. Hundreds of people have been killed in violence involving Uighurs, although Beijing blames the violence on terrorism and argues that it fully protects religious freedom and promotes ethnic unity.

On Saturday, Liu — who resides in Beijing's Muslim neighborhood of Niujie and belongs to the Muslim minority group of Hui — told a story that hews to the official line.

In a white prayer cap and a beige Chinese shirt, Liu was helping move the busy foot traffic into the neighborhood mosque, arrange racks of shoes and escort an imam into the prayer hall. It was Eid al-Fitr, the festive holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. The mosque was filled with at least 1,000 people.

"Ramadan is quite lively here in the Muslim neighborhood in Beijing, with people from all over the country and foreign friends coming here to worship and to participate in Ramadan," Liu said. "It's getting more and more vibrant by the year."

Liu said he's never far from a mosque where he can pray, noting that there are 72 mosques in Beijing. He also said Muslims get along well with their non-Muslim neighbors.

"We are part of the 56 ethnic groups under the leadership of the Communist Party," he said. "I have non-Muslim friends, and our relationships are close. They also love our food. For example, we have fried dough on the fast-breaking day, and I offered them the fried dough. It's a very harmonic relationship."


I thought Turkish extremist and American thrash says Muslim cant observe Ramadan in China. Then what is this?

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

Muslims are doing fine if they dont try anything that might cause turmoil or threaten the peace.

The problem with Uyghurs is more to do with their inability to adapt to the mainstream. They also hate everyone including Hui Muslims, Khazaks and Tajiks.

 

[Place Of Space]

I don't love their food though some maybe delicious. I rufuse any food label with halal, which break my religion.

 

[beijingwalker]

China’s Massive, Garish Theme Park for the Muslim World

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/11...k-for-the-muslim-world-hui-minority-yinchuan/

 

[Jlaw]

stupid government catering to muslims. @TaiShang
i'm beginning to hate the CCP.

 

[rott]

Stupidity to promote religion.

Stupidity to promote religion.

 

[Jlaw]

Stupidity to promote religion.

Stupidity to promote religion.

CCP a liberal left wing government. I think their time is coming to an end. The world is going right, these communist are dinosaurs. Great at building and planning to build, but suck at creating a close knit society.

 

[rott]

CCP a liberal left wing government. I think their time is coming to an end. The world is going right, these communist are dinosaurs. Great at building and planning to build, but suck at creating a close knit society.

Even if the CCP falls, hopefully we get a Government with balls and unlike the Kuomintang who are stooges to the US and ball-less.

 

[Jlaw]

Even if the CCP falls, hopefully we get a Government with balls and unlike the Kuomintang who are stooges to the US and ball-less.

oh shit KMT=the end of Chinese sovereighnty

 

[rott]

oh shit KMT=the end of Chinese sovereighnty

If you ask me to choose, I'd choose CCP any day over KMT.

 

[TaiShang]

stupid government catering to muslims. @TaiShang
i'm beginning to hate the CCP.

That's quite a demonstration of a lack of forward-thinking.

Radicalization-extremism starts with such baby steps as little cute religious freedoms. What is more bothersome than the initiative to turn an entire city into a Middle Eastern-street is the inclusion of foreign (Gulf theocracies) money and interests.

This may prove to be explosive. Beijing, instead of creating its own version of Islam or Christianity, must slowly and silently choke organized religions and squeeze them out of the mainstream public life and aggressively promote the national culture and secular life.

These religious extremists will keep demanding more; you give a hand, they will demand the arm and then the entire body.

I am surprised at the naivety of the (local) government. It is not that Middle Eastern religions (Islam, Christianity) are that dominant in mainstream culture, but, to be proactive in preventing spead of toxic religious ideas is important.

I know for fact most Hui people are rather secular and adopt modern mainstream lifestyle and do not let religion take over their public life. I have Hui colleagues in Mainland who are CCP members. It must stay this way.

But, it is for sure that the more Gulf money is involved, radicalism will ensue disguised as religious freedom. KSA, for that matter, is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and even the US is coming to recognize that as it is. China cannot fall into the same trap like Europeans or the US.

Nevertheless, CCP is still the best government out there.

 

[rott]

China’s Massive, Garish Theme Park for the Muslim World

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/11...k-for-the-muslim-world-hui-minority-yinchuan/

Is this for real? Can you confirm the authenticity of the news?