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| China |
Last year, a United Nations (UN) human rights panel said
China holds over a million people of the ethnic Uighur and Muslim minorities in
prison in the Xingjian region. The allegations were backed by independent human
rights groups. '
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| Muslims Offering prayers in China |
China claims that the Xinjiang region faces insurgency from
Islamist militants and separatists who try to drive a wedge between the ethnic
Han Chinese majority and Muslim Uighurs. Practising Islam is forbidden in
certain parts of the country as citizens frequently threatened with arrest if
caught worshipping, growing a beard, wearing a Hijab – a headscarf which Muslim
women feel is a part of their religion.
Human rights groups have accused China of running a campaign
of organised ‘ethnic cleansing’. An AFP report said religious schools and
Arabic classes have been banned in certain parts of the country.
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