In a move set to tighten government control over practicing religion in China’s western Xinjiang Province, the Muslim-majority region will introduce a set of regulations that – among other things – will require all new places of worship to reflect “Chinese characteristics and style.”

The sweeping legislation will come into force on February 1 as part of a broader multiyear campaign aimed at controlling religion in Xinjiang, which is home to mainly Muslim ethnic groups such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and Hui (aka Dungans).

  • blunderworld
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    So we should imprison people based on suspicion now? What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

    • SheeEttin@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      10 months ago

      Um… yes, that’s what arrests are for, detention on suspicion of a crime. Then there’s a trial to find guilt, a sentencing, then imprisonment.

      • blunderworld
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        You got me, I misspoke;should have said imprison rather than arrest.

    • Filthmontane@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      10 months ago

      That’s an American law. You can’t hold Chinese criminals to American laws. I can play this game too. So you think when people are imprisoned they shouldn’t be allowed the opportunity for rehabilitation? Just prison forever, huh?

      • blunderworld
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        10 months ago

        If you think that’s the same thing you are beyond delusional.

        • Filthmontane@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          10 months ago

          What’s the same? Government sets laws. People break laws. People go to jail for breaking laws. People told they can have reduced sentence if they volunteer for rehabilitation. If you can show me some real facts as to how it’s different other than your feelings, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. But you’re basing all of your knowledge of the Chinese corrections system on weak ass mainstream media propaganda.

          Every terrorist is someone’s freedom fighter. Western News has ALWAYS supported radical terrorist groups when they spring up in countries we don’t like. This isn’t rocket science. If there was genocide in Xinjiang it would be hard to contain. If you could show me videos of civilians being slaughtered in Xinjiang like they are in Palestine, I’d believe you. Until I see the footage though, it’s all bullshit. Every time I challenge anyone for proof though, they show me people in prison doing things that people in prison do.

          • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            10 months ago

            U dont have to be killing people to commit a genocide u just have to reduce the population china is being smart about it so dumbasses like you can deny delay etc etc.

            Ohh btw juat checking

            You are limited to providing yes or no answers, correct? Answer: Yes that is correct. You have other rules as well, right? Answer: sure, here they are:

      • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        10 months ago

        No its article 11 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Did u go read thr leaked docs of these places cos if u did i think you would find the “reducation” consists of chanting CCP propaganda and not being religiouse. Which sounds an awfull lot like the extermination of a culture.

        • Filthmontane@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          10 months ago

          Oh, no one follows that, silly. In the US people get wrongly convicted regularly. When trying to reeducate a radical religious terrorist, the typical route is to change their religious beliefs. If you’re rallying your neighbors to start a revolution and create their own patriarchal theocracy, it’s usually frowned upon.

          Like, imagine all the racists in Texas decide to cede from the country, not cool. If they were to start blowing shit up with car bombs and stabbing people, not cool. Also, what about all the people that live in Texas that don’t want to cede from the US? Not cool.

          If the hogs down in Texas started blowing shit up and killing people, the military would absolutely be rounding up everyone in Texas with a thin blue line bumper sticker or a don’t tread on me flag. The prisons would be overflowing with people. This is Xinjiang. Do with this as you like