{"id":73110,"date":"2021-02-17T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=73110"},"modified":"2021-03-08T07:41:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:41:48","slug":"chinas-crackdown-on-muslims-extends-to-a-resort-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/73110-chinas-crackdown-on-muslims-extends-to-a-resort-island\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Crackdown on Muslims Extends to a Resort Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-17_18-18-19-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-17_18-18-19-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-17_18-18-19-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-17_18-18-19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-17_18-18-19-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-17_18-18-19.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The American New York Times published a new report indicating that the Chinese authorities are working to suppress Muslims in the city of Sanya on the island of Henan, southern China.<br>The Chinese government is seeking to put restrictions on religious beliefs, and in Sanya, the authorities tried to hide the symbols and rituals of the Islamic religion, as they deliberately covered the signs on shops and homes on which &#8220;God is Great&#8221; was written in Arabic with foot-wide stickers promoting the \u201cChina Dream,\u201d a nationalistic official slogan.<br>The Chinese characters for halal, meaning permissible under Islam, have been removed from restaurant signs and menus. 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