Indoctrinated elementary school students are organized against “xie jiao” and “illegal” religion. The campaign raises serious ethical questions.
Anti-Religious Campaigns
China’s Ministry of Public Security Reports Increased Anti-Religious Repression in 2024
Besides police activity and arrests, the Ministry claims it organized 56,000 events against “xie jiao” during the year, reaching more than 17 million citizens.
Guangxi, Propaganda Against “Cults and Illegal Religion” Enters Corporations
The Wuzhou headquarters of Guangxi Zhaoxin Pingzhou Electronics hosted a pilot program of intensive indoctrination.
The New Regulations for Religions in Xinjiang: Part of a Wider Campaign Against Religion
An Indian academic looks at the meaning, impact, and danger of the new rules.
China, Patriotic Catholic Church Supports the Repression of Falun Gong
A statement of 2001 applauding the bloody crackdown on practitioners has been republished this month.
Anti-Religious Social Credit Targets Southern Mongolian Peasants
Only those who score high in “attitude toward illegal religious superstition” receive subsistence allowance if unemployed and higher education for their children.
China, Christians Told to Strictly Enforce New Restrictive Measures on Religion
The new rules convert churches into Communist propaganda outlets. The Three-Self Church leaders solemnly received the Measures and promised to promote them.
Massive Campaign Against “Xie Jiao and Illegal Religion” Targets Children in Guangxi
Families of believers complain that lessons in fact teach “scientific” atheism to primary and middle school pupils.
Why Secularism Is Dangerous. 4. A Model Not Fit for Religion—Nor for Liberty
Reflecting on the US Founding and the later Roman Empire may serve the cause of social and political harmony and human respect.
Why Secularism is Dangerous. 3. Bangladesh: The Paradox of a Secular State with a State Religion
The country’s sufferings earned Bangladeshis the respect of the world. But its constitutional architecture is a patchwork at risk of explosion.