The NYT reports.The party has systematically closed, demolished or forcibly redesigned mosques in Hui enclaves across the country, condemning Arabic architectural features, such as domes and minarets, as proof of unwanted foreign influence over Islam in China....
“This roof represents our respect and freedom. We chose it freely ourselves at the time,” said Mr. Na, a Hui resident in his 30s, who asked to be identified only by his last name for fear of government retaliation. His family, like many in town, had helped fund the mosque’s most recent renovations in the early 2000s, when the minarets were added. “Now they are saying, ‘My rule overrides your free choice.’”...
A town billboard shows a rendering of the government’s plan: the dome gone, the minarets decorated with pagoda-like tiers...
A woman in her 30s, also surnamed Na — a common surname in Nagu — said she had grown up playing and studying in the mosque.... Ms. Na said she would be willing to accept the removal of the dome in isolation: “Our faith is in our hearts, that’s just a building.” But she worried, especially after seeing the authorities’ forceful tactics, that it would not stop there....
“Of course, the Quran came from Saudi Arabia, but after arriving in China, it must adapt,” said Li Heng, an official from the local bureau of ethnic and religious affairs, as he stood in the plaza before the mosque.
“When our imams give sermons,” he said, “they must integrate the core socialist values the government is promoting.... Patriotism is the highest form of religious belief.”
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Given that Islamic ideology dictates the size and exterior appearance of the houses of worship of other faiths, and regulates or even restricts their repair and renovation, I'm not much inclined to sympathy.
As for "Patriotism [as] the highest form of religious belief," it seems that China is catching up the Western World of oh, 1913 or so.
Hmmm.
Worship of something other than the ethnofascist CCP is deeply subversive. We are so fortunate that our system, unlike China's, does not coerce anyone into adherence to the political orthodoxy.
Well, not to excuse any human rights abuses, but the Chinese know a threat when they see one.
Funny that the prevailing monocultures of Asia aren't shy about preserving their cultures and,
for the most part, no one in the West says boo. If they were White they'd be Nazis.
"China is destroying Arab-style architectural features of mosques, such as domes and minarets."
That's the difference between totalitarians in China and the US. Here, Democrats have to depend on their Antifa goons for destroying cultural artifacts while pretending for a boot-licking press that Antifa is just an idea.
It's got to be frustrating for them, not being able to get as "in your face" with their assault on our society as the Chinese are doing. You have to know they want to channel their inner "Colonel Jessup" and scream "You're Goddamn right we ordered the statues destroyed!" and dare anyone to do anything about it.
Lol, if people dislike this just wait till they hear what they do to the churches!
“Of course, the Quran came from Saudi Arabia, but after arriving in China, it must adapt,”
China is the Taliban destroying the priceless Budda. China intends to destroy treasures that conflict with dictatorship values.
It's interesting that the NYT notices the destruction of mosques, but apparently the literal removal of tens of thousands of churches gets nary a peep.
I'm old enough to remember protests worldwide at rumors of a Koran being flushed at Guantanamo.
Crickets now since it's not the USA.
[catastrophic] [anthropogenic] immigration reform (CAIR) is notable for political congruence ("=").
“'When our imams give sermons, they must integrate the core socialist values the government is promoting.... Patriotism is the highest form of religious belief', said Li Heng, an official from the local bureau of ethnic and religious affairs."
Patriotism is love of country not love of government. So of course a socialist bureaucrat would try to conflate the two.
‘My rule overrides your free choice.’”
Does this guy not know what country he is dealing with? "Free choice" in China??
I'd have more sympathy if Islam didn't want to build a massive, new mosque a block away from Ground Zero in New York.
I'd have more sympathy if Islam didn't blow up Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001.
I'd have more sympathy if Islam wasn't run by a bunch of thugs thinking their religion should rule the world.
It pains me to say this, but good for China.
Brute force is the only thing these savages understand.
the vlog The China show (ep 163) had a report on this 8 days ago, including showing the missing minarets.
Nice that the NYTimes finally noticed.
Kind like the "alteration" of the Christian churches here. Fascinating.
Disinclined to give a rip what one group of savages east of suez does when it has the upper hand over another group of savages east of suez, all of it happening east of suez.
The same NYT demands both groups be granted unlimited space in the United States, because once they hit American soil they transform into Just Like Us.
Patriotism is the highest form of religious belief.
And dissent is the highest form of patriotism. It's complicated.
"“This roof represents our respect and freedom. We chose it freely ourselves at the time,” said Mr. Na, a Hui resident in his 30s, who asked to be identified only by his last name for fear of government retaliation. His family, like many in town, had helped fund the mosque’s most recent renovations in the early 2000s, when the minarets were added. “Now they are saying, ‘My rule overrides your free choice.’”... "
Given he Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001, is there any doubt Karma is laughing?
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