China calls Islam a disease and "quarantines" 1M Muslims

[Sparko]

China Is Treating Islam Like a Mental Illnesshttps://www.theatlantic.com/internat...llness/568525/

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For the sarcastically impaired the following is said in jest

Yay Socialism!

[Terraceth]

From what I can tell, China's target is less Islam and more the Uighur/Uyghur (which are almost all Muslim). Non-Uighur Muslims are generally treated much better. Here's some information about it:
https://thediplomat.com/2014/08/a-ta...im-minorities/

[TheWall]

Well that is disturbing. Seems like a rights violation.

[One Bad Pig]

Since this is being instituted by lovable leftists and not evil white men -- especially the wicked tyrant Trump -- I'm sure they have a good reason and are justified.

This post appears to be tailor-made to provoke a derail.

Given that Islam is a politico-theological system, I'm surprised that China has waited this long to crack down this vigorously. As Terraceth observes, however, this appears to be at least as much about Sinification of the province as it is suppression of Islam; they've been systematically moving in Han Chinese as well.

[rogue06]

This post appears to be tailor-made to provoke a derail.

It was meant as smart-ass comment so yes I'm guilty of a bit of trolling here. Still, it is telling how quite the leftist contingent is on the matter especially considering their sudden interest in "Islamophobia."

Given that Islam is a politico-theological system, I'm surprised that China has waited this long to crack down this vigorously. As Terraceth observes, however, this appears to be at least as much about Sinification of the province as it is suppression of Islam; they've been systematically moving in Han Chinese as well.

The Chinese have also been suffering from acts of violence at the hands of Islamic terrorists, something that rarely gets reported by the Western press. While most of it appears to be linked with Islam (as Terraceth noted non-Muslims are not being harassed), Pan-Turkism and local separatists groups are other factors in play

[Terraceth]

The Chinese have also been suffering from acts of violence at the hands of Islamic terrorists, something that rarely gets reported by the Western press. While most of it appears to be linked with Islam (as Terraceth noted non-Muslims are not being harassed), Pan-Turkism and local separatists groups are other factors in play

Hrm? That's not what I said. I said that Muslims that weren't Uighur (an ethnic group) weren't being harassed, not that non-Muslims weren't being harassed. Or perhaps more accurately, Muslims that weren't Uighur are being harassed much less than the Uighur Muslims. My statement was that the target of this seems to less be Islam so much as it is the Uighur, who are almost entirely Muslim, so if you're suppressing Uighur you'll be targeting a lot of Muslims.

It's not fully a Uighur thing; the article notes that while it's mostly Uighur Muslims, there are other Muslims. But going after Islam seems to be of secondary importance to going after the Uighur.

[rogue06]

Hrm? That's not what I said. I said that Muslims that weren't Uighur (an ethnic group) weren't being harassed, not that non-Muslims weren't being harassed. Or perhaps more accurately, Muslims that weren't Uighur are being harassed much less than the Uighur Muslims. My statement was that the target of this seems to less be Islam so much as it is the Uighur, who are almost entirely Muslim, so if you're suppressing Uighur you'll be targeting a lot of Muslims.

It's not fully a Uighur thing; the article notes that while it's mostly Uighur Muslims, there are other Muslims. But going after Islam seems to be of secondary importance to going after the Uighur.

My bad. I misremembered your post causing me to misrepresent it. Again, my apologies.

[Sparko]

This post appears to be tailor-made to provoke a derail.

Given that Islam is a politico-theological system, I'm surprised that China has waited this long to crack down this vigorously. As Terraceth observes, however, this appears to be at least as much about Sinification of the province as it is suppression of Islam; they've been systematically moving in Han Chinese as well.

It still goes to the point of how socialism treats those it doesn't like. Whether Muslim, or some ethnic group, Socialist governments (Soviet Union, China, Cuba, etc) are known for their "cleansing" and "re-education" policies. For a philosophy supposedly based on social equality, socialist countries routinely fail bigly and are guilty of the most heinous of human rights violations on the planet.

[Sparko]

Chuck get back in the car and out of my thread. Please remove all of Chuck's posts and replies to it, including Rogue's initial derail mentioning Trump. This is not about Trump, but about China.

[RumTumTugger]

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[Sparko]

China also controls Christianity. Desert Berean pointed out the following to me.

Chinese Officials Erase First of 10 Commandments

January 9, 2019 by Lindy Lowry in Asia, Stories of Persecution

[mossrose]

Forshadowing of what will eventually happen here, anyone?

[Roy]

Forshadowing of what will eventually happen here, anyone?

No.

[mossrose]

No.

I'll hold you to that, Roy.

Since crosses and commandments and other things like that are already removed from public places because of their "offence" and all.........

[One Bad Pig]

Forshadowing of what will eventually happen here, anyone?

Don't tempt people to derail this thread again.