In China, every day is Kristallnacht
By Fred Hiatt
November 3 at 11:00 AM
Now.
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Satellite images via Google Earth
v. then.
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Satellite image analysis by Uyghurism.com/Bahram Sintash
Hiatt is the Post's editorial page editor. Sintash is, well ...
Demolishing Faith: The Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques and Shrines
By Fred Hiatt
November 3 at 11:00 AM
In China, every day is Kristallnacht.
Eighty-one years ago this week, in what is also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” hundreds of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Nazi Germany were damaged or destroyed, along with thousands of Jewish-owned businesses. It was in a sense the starting gun for the genocide that culminated in the extermination camps of Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka.
In western China, the demolition of mosques and bulldozing of cemeteries is a continuing, relentless process.
Eighty-one years ago this week, in what is also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” hundreds of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Nazi Germany were damaged or destroyed, along with thousands of Jewish-owned businesses. It was in a sense the starting gun for the genocide that culminated in the extermination camps of Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka.
In western China, the demolition of mosques and bulldozing of cemeteries is a continuing, relentless process.
Now.
2019-11-03_17-10-05.jpg
Satellite images via Google Earth
v. then.
2019-11-03_17-09-39.jpg
Satellite image analysis by Uyghurism.com/Bahram Sintash
In a cultural genocide with few parallels since World War II, thousands of Muslim religious sites have been destroyed. At least 1 million Muslims have been confined to camps, where aging imams are shackled and young men are forced to renounce their faith. Muslims not locked away are forced to eat during the fasting month of Ramadan, forced to drink and smoke in violation of their faith, barred from praying or studying the Koran or making the pilgrimage to Mecca.
And — in possibly the most astonishing feature of this crime against humanity — China has managed to stifle, through 21st century repression and age-old thuggery, virtually any reporting from the crime scene.
And — in possibly the most astonishing feature of this crime against humanity — China has managed to stifle, through 21st century repression and age-old thuggery, virtually any reporting from the crime scene.
Hiatt is the Post's editorial page editor. Sintash is, well ...
Sintash, 37, lives in the United States but grew up in what is now, he says, “a police surveillance state unlike any the world has ever known.” Sintash knows: Chinese police took his father into custody in February 2018, and Sintash has not heard from him since.
Demolishing Faith: The Destruction and Desecration of Uyghur Mosques and Shrines
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