Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion [Islam]

Associated Press ^ | December 28, 2018 | Sam McNeil

[Olog-hai]

Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his people’s oppression under Mao Zedong.

The 39-year-old poet was born after the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, when the Hui — China’s second-largest Muslim ethnic group — were among the masses tormented by the Red Guard.

In the years since, the Hui (pronounced HWAY) generally have been supportive of the government and mostly spared the kind of persecution endured by China’s largest Muslim group, the Uighur.

There are signs, though, that that is changing. Cui fears both that history may be repeating itself and for his own safety as he tries to hold the ruling Communist Party accountable.

In August, town officials in the Hui region of Ningxia issued a demolition order for the landmark Grand Mosque in Weizhou, though they later backed off in the face of protests. […]

China under President Xi Jinping is clamping down on minorities, tightening control over a wide spectrum of religious and political activity. In some places, a campaign to “Sinicize” religion has prompted authorities to seize Bibles, remove the “halal” designation from food products, demolish churches and strip mosques of loudspeakers and Islamic crescents and domes. …

[Olog-hai]

The Hui are Han Chinese Mahometans, distinct from the Turkic Uyghurs, JFTR.

[Redwood71]

Sinification is a process whereby non-Chinese societies come under the influence of Chinese culture. They both are in for a real awakening here. No one is stupid enough to stand in front of a tank in today’s Chinese society, they become expendable. But then again, the muzzies are not real bright.

rwood

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Islam is NOT a religion. It is an organized criminal activity.

[Olog-hai]

It’s still ironic that they say “Sinicize” when “communize” is meant.