In yet another attack on religious freedom, China forced the imams of eastern Muslim majority district of Xinjiang to dance in the street.
Pledge were also taken with an oath that they will not teach religion to children in addition that prayer is harmful to the soul, Online Islam reported, citing World Bulletin news.
The imams of Xinjiang mosques were forced to congregate in a square dancing en bloc. They were forced to intone slogans such as “peace of the country gives peace to the soul,” at one fell swoop, World Bulletin news agency reported.
In the name of “civilization” the imams have been forced to dance in the town square, State Chinese news said. They were forcibly given Chinese flags
The university students were told to excuse themselves from mosques. Female teachers were also instructed and made to swear an oath that they will keep children away from religion.
Xinjiang called as East Turkestan by the activists constitutes eight million Turkish-speaking Uighur Muslims.
Chinese authorities were held responsible for religious repression against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang in the name of counter terrorism.
Last year in the month of Ramdhan, China banned students and government staff from observing fast.
In August, young men with beards and women in burqas or hijabs were prohibited from boarding public buses.
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