In a high-profile trial, a Chinese Muslim woman, who is an ethnic Kazakh and escaped to Kazakhstan with false documents, is threatened with repatriation to China.
Islam in China
Cultural-Revolution-Style Inquisition at Xinjiang Medical University
Students and teachers were investigated and punished for possession of Islamic or Christian texts, or if they failed to report the religious beliefs of their family members. Bitter Winter has reported repeatedly about the persecution of Muslim believers in Xinjiang,...
Mosques Demolished and Imams Arrested in Wusu, Xinjiang
A massive campaign against Islam continues in Xinjiang. Mosques built with years of efforts by local Muslims demolished, both imams and protesters arrested. From February to May 2018, several imams in the town of Hongxing, Wusu city, were arrested, and many mosques...
Disappearing Mosques of Xinjiang
Since spring 2017, Chinese authorities have increased their suppression efforts against Islam, demolishing innumerable mosques and sending Muslims to re-education camps. Recently, a Bitter Winter reporter visited the sites of six demolished mosques in the city of...
Xinjiang Police Sends Dozens of Muslims to “Re-Education” Camps
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 30, 2018 Chinese Muslims in Xinjiang Province have been suffering intense persecution with huge numbers of persons detained and locked up in the so-called re-education camps under the pretext of fight against terrorism....
Police Raided a Muslim Village, Burning All Items With Symbols of Islam
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 23, 2018 For five days in November 2017, in the village of Xiahuanggong, Xinjiang Province, armed policemen in helmets and carrying shields went from home to home forcing the inhabitants to hand over all items with Muslim...
Chinese Government Demolishes Mosques in Xinjiang
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 19, 2018 Muslims in China have suffered devastating blows since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its onslaught on religious liberties: believers are incarcerated and mosques destroyed. Bitter Winter has...
Atrocities of Political Training Centers for Ethnic Minorities
Source: ChinaAid Date: June 5, 2018 ChinaAid reports on the atrocities in the so-called “political training center” for ethnic minorities in China’s northwest Xinjiang. A Kazakh Muslim prisoner, just released after a year in one of such centers, describes the horrors...
China’s “Official” Religions Support the New Constitution
Source: Islamic Association of China Date: June 4, 2018 The website of the Islamic Association of China reported about the 5th Joint Meeting of the National Religious Groups, held in Beijing on May 31. The theme of the meeting was, “studying the Amendments to the...
College Islamic Canteen Forbidden to Use Arabic
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 3, 2018 A college in the city of Xinxiang, Henan replaced the menu and the signboard of its canteen for minority ethnic students deleting the words in Arabic and leaving only Chinese characters. This is one more example of...