China bans Ramazan fasting for govt officials, minors in Xinjiang

[badison]

BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese officials have restricted civil servants, students and children in a mainly Muslim region from fasting during Ramazan, government websites said as the holy month began on Monday.

The country’s ruling Communist party is officially atheist and for years has banned government employees and minors from fasting in Xinjiang, home to the over 10 million-strong mostly Muslim Uighur minority. It has also ordered some restaurants to stay open.

The region sees regular clashes between Uighurs and state security forces. Beijing has blamed deadly attacks there and elsewhere in China on militants seeking independence for the resource-rich region.

Rights groups blame tensions on religious and cultural restrictions imposed on Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the vast area, which abuts Central Asia.

Several local government departments in Xinjiang have posted notices on their websites in the last week ordering restrictions on fasting during Ramazan.

During the holy month, the faithful fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious.

“Party members, cadres, civil servants, students, and minors must not fast for Ramazan and must not take part in religious activities,” said a notice posted last Thursday on the official website of the city of Korla in central Xinjiang.

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“During the Ramazan month, food and drink businesses must not close,” it added.

A Uighur official in the city’s Tiekeqi township named Ahmatjan Tohti told a meeting on Monday last week that officials should “resolutely stop party members, civil servants, students and minors from entering mosques for religious activities” during the month, according to a separate report on the website.

A website run by the education bureau of Shuimogou district in the regional capital Urumqi posted a notice on Monday last week calling for “prevention of students and teachers from all schools from entering mosques for religious activities” during Ramazan.


In the northern city of Altay, officials agreed to “increase contact with parents” to “prevent fasting during Ramazan”, according to a post-Friday on the state-run China Ethnicities Religion website.

The website of the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County government in northwest Xinjiang said Monday that restaurants in the area would be instructed to stay open during Ramazan to “ensure that the broader masses have normal access to cuisine”.

Dilxat Raxit of the World Uyghur Congress, an exile group, condemned the restrictions in an email Monday, adding: “China thinks that the Islamic faith of Uighurs threatens the rule of the Beijing leadership.”

China tightly controls religious groups despite frequently proclaiming that its citizens have freedom of belief.

The top Communist official in Xinjiang, Zhang Chunxian, wished the region’s Muslims “a happy Ramazan”, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

And the country’s State Council or cabinet last Thursday released a white paper which declared that religious freedom in Xinjiang “cannot be matched by any other period in history”.

“During the month of Ramazan, Muslim restaurants can decide whether they want to do business. There will be no interference,” it said.

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[Bilionea Asigwa]

Mchina hanaga habari na hawa jamaa.

Ajabu huwezi kumsikia muislamu yeyote ailalamika juu ya hili.

Likifanywa na Mmarekani utasikia maandamano ya kufa mtu.

 

[Amavubi]

China yawazuia Waislamu wa Xinjiang kufunga Saum

Wakati Waislamu Duniani Kote Wakiwa Kwenye Mfungo wa Toba Katika Mwezi Huu Mtukufu wa Ramadhani, Serikali ya China chini ya chama cha kikomunisti na kisicho na dini kama mimi, imepiga marufuku wanafunzi, walimu na watumishi wa umma katika eneo la Xinjiang lenye Waislamu wengi kutekeleza ibada ya Saumu kwenye mwezi huu mtukufu wa Ramadhani huku Wanaharakati wa Kiislamu wakipinga agizo hilo la serikali kwa madai kwamba linalenga kuhujumu dini tukufu ya Kiislamu

Kwa miaka kadhaa sasa, serikali ya China imekuwa ikitekeleza sheria hiyo ya kibaguzi, na mwaka uliopita, watu kadhaa walifikishwa kortini kwa kukaidi sheria hiyo na kutekeleza ibada ya funga. Ingawa serikali inasema lengo la kuweka sheria hiyo ni kuhakikisha masuala ya dini hayavurugi muundo wa jamii, duru za kuaminika zinasema sheria hiyo ina malengo ya kiuchumi kwani imewekwa ili kuhakikisha nguvu kazi ya taifa haipungui katika mwezi wa Ramadhani.

http://www.independent.co.uk/…/ramadan-2016-china-bans-civi

 

[Amavubi]

 

[Consigliere]

Kwani kufunga lazima utangaze? Si wanaweza kuendelea na mfungo bila ya kuvaa 'mabango' yanayoonyesha kuwa wamefunga?

 

[Amavubi]

Kwani kufunga lazima utangaze? Si wanaweza kuendelea na mfungo bila ya kuvaa 'mabango' yanayoonyesha kuwa wamefunga?

DUH Umezama sna mkuu Big up

 

[Amavubi]

Kwani kufunga lazima utangaze? Si wanaweza kuendelea na mfungo bila ya kuvaa 'mabango' yanayoonyesha kuwa wamefunga?

shida ni pale masaa ya kufuturu yanapofika na wewe umeingia shift ya mchana au jioni saa kumi ya huko

 

[CHAZA]

English sijui ni ya Kichina. Ramazan? English huwa ni RAMADAN, Kiswahili ni Ramadhan. Sasa hiyo RAMAZAN, mmmmhhhh

 

[Lancashire]

shida ni pale masaa ya kufuturu yanapofika na wewe umeingia shift ya mchana au jioni saa kumi ya huko

Hamna shida unakuwa na iftar yako muda ukifika unajikimu.

 

[Amavubi]

Kwa jiji la Beijing ambalo ndio makao makuu ya serikali hakuna hizo sheria iweje jimbo la Xinjiang. Ninamashaka na hicho chanzo cha habari maana pamoja na sheria zao kali lakini wanaheshim sn uhuru wa kuabudu.Ramadh karim

 

[Nyagei]

Ya kaisari mwachie kaisari

 

[real G]

Naheshimu sana imani ya watu lakini zinapokuja at the expense ya uchumi ,afya na uzalishaji huduma za kijamii naona tu ipigwe ban, mambo ya kutokufanya kazi jumamosi kwa Wasabato, waisilamu kutoka kazini mchana na kwenda kuswali wakiacha kazi ofisini, mfungo wa ramadhani n.k zipigwe tu ban hazina ishu, huyo Mungu mwenyewe haileweki...
Kuna mkuu wetu wa shule alipiga marufuku vipindi vya dini shuleni kwa kuwa vilikuwa vinamaliza muda sana kwa wanafunzi kusoma, na performance ya shule ilipanda baada ya hapo

 

[Lancashire]

Naheshimu sana imani ya watu lakini zinapokuja at the expense ya uchumi ,afya na uzalishaji huduma za kijamii naona tu ipigwe ban, mambo ya kutokufanya kazi jumamosi kwa Wasabato, waisilamu kutoka kazini mchana na kwenda kuswali wakiacha kazi ofisini, mfungo wa ramadhani n.k zipigwe tu ban hazina ishu, huyo Mungu mwenyewe haileweki...
Kuna mkuu wetu wa shule alipiga marufuku vipindi vya dini shuleni kwa kuwa vilikuwa vinamaliza muda sana kwa wanafunzi kusoma, na performance ya shule ilipanda baada ya hapo

Aisee unasema mungu haeleweki.

 

[Maarifa]

hivi vichung zang you havina maana haviheshim kabisa utu wa binadam. vishindwe

 

[real G]

Aisee unasema mungu haeleweki.

Haeleweki, wanasema ana huruma na haki lakini matendo yake ni jitu katili lenye watu wake maalum kwenye mataifa 'teule'

 

[njiwa]

kwani kufunga lazima utangaze! unakwenda ofisini una act normal! ikfika jioni nyumbani unafungulia!

 

[thesym]

Aisee unasema mungu haeleweki.

Usipoteze mda wako huyo ni atheist kwake Mungu ni kama hadithi.

 

[GreenCity]

Kwani kufunga lazima utangaze? Si wanaweza kuendelea na mfungo bila ya kuvaa 'mabango' yanayoonyesha kuwa wamefunga?

Wengi huko hufunga kwa ajiri ya sifa! Sifa za kijinga!

 

[DesertStorm]

Aisee unasema mungu haeleweki.

Huyu analeta mchezo naona, yaani mpaka anafikia kusema ivo Duh! Kweli kuna wengine wapo wapo tu hapa duniani wanaishi ka wanyama tu, na hata wanyama wana uwafadhali jamani...

 

[real G]

Huyu analeta mchezo naona, yaani mpaka anafikia kusema ivo Duh! Kweli kuna wengine wapo wapo tu hapa duniani wanaishi ka wanyama tu, na hata wanyama wana uwafadhali jamani...

Nadhani wale wanaochinja watu na kulipua mabomu ndio wanaishi kama wanyama,..... eti kwa kigezo cha kutetea imani, hata wanyama wana afadhali