Posted on 04/02/2008 1:57:37 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Muslim extremists attempt uprising in western China: government
57 minutes ago
China has accused Muslim extremists in the nation's northwest of trying to start a rebellion, an incident that an exile group said Wednesday was mainly a women's protest against Chinese rule.
According to a statement from the Khotan government in the Uighur Muslim dominated Xinjiang region, extremist forces tried to incite an uprising in a local marketplace on March 23.
"A small number of elements... tried to incite splittism, create disturbances in the market place and even trick the masses into an uprising," the statement said.
The statement said the people involved adhered to the "three evil forces", a Chinese expression that refers to separatism, religious extremism and terrorism.
"Our police immediately intervened to prevent this and are dealing with it in accordance with the law," said the statement, posted Tuesday on the Khotan government website.
The incident occurred after Chinese authorities last month warned that terrorists based in Xinjiang were planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics and as police were trying to contain unrest on a much larger scale in neighbouring Tibet.
People in both Tibet and Xinjiang have long claimed they suffer widespread repression under Chinese rule.
An Uighur exile group said the Khotan protests erupted after a Muslim businessman died in police custody and as hundreds of women gathered to demonstrate against a ban on wearing traditional head scarves.
"The Uighurs began protesting after the killing of Mutallip Hajim, who had died in police custody," Alim Seytoff, head of the US-based World Uighur Congress, told AFP.
"The women were also protesting the ban on head scarves."
The two protests included up to a total of 1,000 demonstrators, he said, adding that as many as 600 protesters had been detained.
Hajim, a wealthy jade trader and philanthropist, was taken into custody in the restive city of Khotan in January, according to the US government-backed Radio Free Asia.
But his body was turned over to his family on March 3, with police instructing them to bury him immediately and inform no one of his death, it said.
Local police and the religious affairs bureau in Khotan, also known as Hetian, either denied the reports or refused to comment on the incident when contacted by AFP.
"Mutallip Hajim, there is such a man, but I do not know anything about him," said a police officer at the Khotan public security bureau before hanging up the phone.
Xinjiang's Communist Party chief said on March 9 that a January raid on "terrorists" there had foiled a planned attack directed at the Games.
Rights groups and exiles have alleged that China is trying to stoke fears about terror attacks in Xinjiang as an excuse to silence dissent and justify tight control ahead of the Olympics.
Ping!
Those pesky “three evil forces” of separatism, religious extremism and terrorism.
Between the totalitarian communist superstate of China and violent 7th century Muslim throwbacks, it is hard to determine a good guy. However, given the disease of radical Islam spreading like a cancer on the body of the world, I wouldn’t shed a tear if China crushed them like a bug without apology or explanation. Maybe then the rest of the world would follow suit and deal with these filthy, malignant cockroaches in a similar manner which should already be done irrespective of what China does.
Islam is definitely not tolerated in China. No power superior to the Communist Party is.
Which is why they insist on having total veto power over any religious appointments in the country, despite the fact that they are officially atheist.
The Muslims probably scare them a lot worse than Tibetan Buddhists because whether they want to admit it or not, Buddhists are peaceful for the most part.
We all know the truth about Islam.
“Our police immediately intervened to prevent this and are dealing with it in accordance with the law,” said the statement, posted Tuesday on the Khotan government website.
Oh Sharia ! It’s nice to see 2 evils in conflict . I’ve been told or read for years that the Muzzies respect strength . I guess we shall see .
Looks like a whole bunch of fresh transplantable organs will soon be available from China...
This is kind of like watching Hillary and Obama.
Please oh please let the jihadists go fight the Red Chinese. I eagerly await a cave issued fatwa against China.
Honestly, I don’t see a downside here.
The muzzies vs the chinese communists... Now, that could be interesting TV.
I don’t believe the CC have the same rules that we have, here in the enlightened West. Their notion of ‘due process’ includes things like compassionate torture, silent disappearance, etc...tools we are too ‘civilized’ to use.
I agree!
Don't discount the Muzzies, though. There is really no conflict between a totalitarian state and Islam, which if anything would simply reinforce that totalitarian state. People in China already have the Islamic mindset of total subjection to meaningless authority and a "legal code" based on arbitrary whim and paranoia. Since there is no individual leader or even philosophy that offers a rallying point to oppose Islam, I don't think it's at all impossible for the Muzzies to defeat China. Then we'd have the ultimate nightmare, a well-armed, totalitarian, Islamic super-state.
Imagine that, disparate groups not caring for the benevolent
chi-com govt.
Can’t believe any group not wanting the GODless commie puke socialist to lord over ya.
My $$ is on China. The Muslims will be surprised to find no friendly press or UN stoodges coming to their rescue. And the Chinese have had 5000 years to refine their torture methods. Have at it.
China knows who it is. China likes who it is. China will put down the invasion of savage fanatics before it gets too bad. Our country should take a hint from that and protect itself before it’s too late.
But...but... how can this be ? The Left and Islam love one another ! So British lefties tell me .
Should be an interesting development .
Thats one group I don’t mind seeing the Chinese busting some heads.
Hmm.
Islamic terrorists?
Or the Red ChiComs?
Tough decision.
The Chinese would make excellent allies.
Same here.
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