Posted on 09/04/2007 4:25:34 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Muslims, Han Chinese clash in north China - group
04 Sep 2007 04:25:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
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BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of Han Chinese and members of the Muslim Hui ethnic minority group clashed over a dispute in north China, resulting in one death, a Hong Kong human rights group said on Tuesday.
Relations between the Han, who make up more than 90 percent of China's 1.3 billion population, and the 10-million-strong Hui Muslims have long been sensitive.
Huis complain about offences to their religion and customs and marginalisation, while Han Chinese resent the preferential policies Hui and other ethnic minorities, such as Muslim Uighurs, Tibetans and Mongols, receive.
The Aug. 17 clash started when a young Hui man was caught stealing and beaten up by Han Chinese in Shimiao township in Huimin county in the coastal province of Shandong, the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.
Angry Hui Muslims stormed the commercial street in Shimiao, looting shops, smashing property and fighting Han Chinese, the group said in a faxed statement. Four police vehicles were damaged.
"At least one Muslim was killed and more than 20 Hui and Han people injured," it said, adding hundreds of armed police were still guarding the area.
A propaganda official with the Huimin county government said "there was such an incident" when reached by telephone.
"It has been resolved," the official told Reuters. He would not confirm the death and other details and declined to give his name.
In December 2000, three Hui men were arrested for demonstrating against a Han Chinese shop that claimed to sell "halal pork" in Shandong's Yangxin county, near Huimin, a huge insult to Muslims who are forbidden from eating pork.
The arrests drew hundreds of fellow Hui Muslims from the neighbouring Hebei province and police opened fire and shot dead six of them when attempts to block them from entering Yangxin sparked a clash.
Ping!
Islam seems to be at war with everyone it encounters.
> “Islam seems to be at war with everyone it encounters.”
Ya think?
If this were under Chairman Mao, the muzzies would have just disappeared and the world would be a better place for their disappearance. I guess even the Chinese have become PC.
Islam and Communism... Ebola and AIDS
Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting!
In China, the Han are against everyone else. Think of the Tibetans: they are being overrun by Han settlers, their culture (including religion) is being undermined; their language is being squashed. The Chinese get very sensitive is one tries to point out that Tibet is not China.
Pro-Chinese commentators like to claim that China never annoys its neighbors. Look at Tibet! Look at the PRC’s propping up North Korea. Look at their threats toward Taiwan. Look at their subversive activities all through southeast Asia, and their clashes with India (and even Vietnam!). Look at their inroads in Africa.
“Halal pork” is simply an example of good Chinese-style marketing, like fake fossils for the scientists and collectors, poisonous pet-food, and lead-painted toys.
Remember that these folks, the ChiComs are trying to look good for next summer’s Olyimpic games in Bejing. But it has backfired on them starting with the bad pet food.
All your consumer base belong to us!
“In China, the Han are against everyone else”
OK, I’ll buy that. But, Islam is against everyone else, everywhere in the world.
My wifes family and ancestors are from Shandong province. The people from here have a reputation as being big...mean...and liking to 'rough it up' a bit. They consider them selves "Shandong' more than Han...but they will fall back on their Han status when its in their best interest.
Now, that’s the way we should deal with them! China doesn’t have to deal with the Politically Correct morons in Congress or the ACLU. They better wipe them out now before they multiply any more than they already have.
LOL
that's a keeper!!
a young Hui man was caught stealing and beaten up by Han Chinese
Muslim Mullahs teach that it is ok to steal from “Infidels”
and that it is every Muslim’s right to take infidels property.
wake Up China! it’s comming to you weather you like it or not.
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