In a rare visit to the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang province on Saturday, August 26, Chinese President asked the authorities of this autonomous region to maintain the “hard-won social stability in this area”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Chinese state network, Xi Jinping urged the local authorities of the region to run deep promotional campaigns to give a Chinese color to Islam and propagate it among the population, and to effectively control illegal religious activities in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the first visit of the Chinese president to Xinjiang since July 2022, coming to the region inhabited by a majority of Muslim Turkic Uyghurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recent visit of the President of China to the Muslim state of Xinjiang took place while the restrictions and pressure against the Uyghur Muslims have been increasing for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several international human rights organizations as well as the United Nations have repeatedly published reports of crimes against humanity and oppression against Uyghur Muslims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These organizations strongly criticized the torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, forced sterilization, sexual violence and forced separation of Uyghur parents and children by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to human rights organizations, more than one million Uyghurs are imprisoned in hundreds of camps in Xinjiang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In contrast, Beijing has repeatedly rejected reports of ill-treatment against Uyghur Muslims, claiming that educational and cultural programs in the camps have helped to eradicate extremism in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a rare visit to the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang province on Saturday, August 26, Chinese President asked the authorities of this autonomous region to maintain the “hard-won social stability in this area”. According to the Chinese state network, Xi Jinping urged the local authorities of the region to run deep promotional campaigns to give a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":96001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3269,5347],"class_list":["post-96000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chinese-authorities","tag-uygur-persecution"],"yoast_head":"\n