China\u2019s state-run bodies that oversee legally recognized religions are complicit in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violation of religious freedom by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says the latest report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The USCIRF report titled State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom Violations in China released on Dec. 29 focuses on the role of seven state-run bodies in anti-religious repression as part of the state\u2019s policy and system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its government exercise comprehensive and extensive control over religion in China through a complex web of state laws, regulations, and policies, which the Party and government agencies implement and enforce at all levels,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commission said that central to the CCP\u2019s institutional control of religion are the seven state-controlled national religious organizations including the Islamic Association of China (IAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state-controlled religious bodies must be politically loyal to the CCP and are legally required to assist or work with the CCP and government \u201cin promulgating, implementing, and enforcing state laws, regulations, and policies \u2014 often at the expense of the religious communities they claim to represent,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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