Chinese authorities have been using spies to monitor Uyghur Muslims and ensure they are not fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, according to a police officer from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These “ears” are reportedly recruited from everyday citizens, police officers, and members of neighborhood committees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
China began prohibiting Muslims in Xinjiang from fasting during Ramadan in 2017, as part of a larger effort to diminish Uyghur culture, language, and religion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, the government has banned everyone from fasting regardless of age, gender, or profession. Human rights organizations have criticized China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims as a form of cultural genocide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chinese authorities have been using spies to monitor Uyghur Muslims and ensure they are not fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, according to a police officer from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. These “ears” are reportedly recruited from everyday citizens, police officers, and members of neighborhood committees. China began prohibiting Muslims in Xinjiang from fasting …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":92113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4253,4252],"class_list":["post-92112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anti-muslim-policies","tag-chinese-authorities-spy-on-muslims"],"yoast_head":"\n