His only crime is his consistent refusal to join the government-controlled Three Self Church.
Ma Wenyan
China: Exams for Muslim Imams—on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Religion
In Hunan, Hui imams should pass a test: but the main subject matters of the exam are the Secretary General’s speeches and the new regulations on religions.
Al-Azhar University Supports Chinese Repression of the Uyghurs
A scandalous visit of the institution’s Secretary-General to China was just another chapter of Sunni authorities’ politically motivated capitulation to Beijing.
The CCP Insists that Chinese Islam Should Be “Confucianized”
References to the Jinling School hide a call to “Sinicization” intended as unquestioning alignment with the Communist Party.
“Sinicization of the Quran” in Full Swing in China
Islamic clergy from Hunan was summoned to Beijing to learn “interpretive skills” that would enable them to preach a Quran “adapted to a socialist society.”
China, Future Muslim Imams Submitted to “Patriotic” Military Training
As part of the “patriotic education” campaign, students of China Islamic Theological Seminary went through military exercises and indoctrination.
China, State Imams Told They Should Preach the Message of the Third CCP Plenum
Muslim leaders are mobilized to convey in Islamic gatherings the idea that Xi Jinping is the “Great Reformer” and should be unconditionally obeyed.
A Chinese-Russian Fraud: Kazan’s “International Seminar on Islamic Moderate Thought”
The movement for a “moderate Islam” is not moderate at all. It is a tool created by Chinese propaganda and embraced by Russia.
China’s Pro-Government Muslims Launch “Three Loves” Campaign
Love is important in Islam, but what is now preached is “love for the Motherland, Socialism, and the Chinese Communist Party.”
Hui Muslims Mobilized to Chase “Spies”
Around April 15, National Security Education Day, mosques were converted into indoctrination centers where the new “Law on Guarding State Secrets” was promoted.
Ma Wenyan
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