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‘Had a Uighur host just greeted a neighbour in Arabic with the words ‘Assalamu Alaykum’? That would need to go in the notebook,” says Dr Darren Byler
By Chiara Giordano
Source: The Independent
Uninvited, more than one million Han Chinese people have reportedly moved into the homes of Uighur Muslim families to report on whether they display Islamic or unpatriotic beliefs.
Sent to homes in Xinjiang province by the Chinese government, American anthropologist Darren Byler said they were tasked with watching for signs that their hosts’ attachment to Islam might be “extreme”.
The informants, who describe themselves as “relatives” of the families they are staying with, are said to have received specific instructions on how to get them to let their guard down.
As devout Muslims would refuse cigarettes and alcohol. this is seen as one way of finding out whether they were extreme.
“Had a Uighur host just greeted a neighbour in Arabic with the words ‘Assalamu Alaykum’? That would need to go in the notebook,” said Dr Byler, in research published by Asia Society’s Centre on US-China Relations. “Was that a copy of the Quran in the home? Was anyone praying on Friday or fasting during Ramadan? Was a little sister’s dress too long or a little brother’s beard irregular?”
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Categories: Asia, China, Collection of articles, Islamophobia, Secularism
OK, I am not a Mufti, but: Muslims are usually told to obey the State Authority where they happen to live, however, when that State Authority stops a Muslim to pray, fast, read the Qur’an this obligation may not be valid. China is digging its own grave. The Chinese Muslims will be independent, one day. Insha’Allah.
In other words, if the Chinese Muslims display that they believe in an authority higher(God), than their government, then it’s interpreted as unpatriotic!
What a Godless people and arrogant,too!