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| China campaigns against Islamic extremism among Uighurs |
| 2012-02-16 |
| BEIJING - China's far western Xinjiang region has launched a campaign to stamp out rising religious extremism, state media said on Wednesday, after several violent attacks blamed on separatist Islamic fundamentalists. Xinjiang is home to the mainly Mohammedan Turkic-speaking Uighur people, many of whom chafe at Chinese government controls on their culture and religion. Provincial authorities aim via "public lectures" throughout Xinjiang to "rally mass support for the government's religious policies and to discourage illegal religious activities," the official Xinhua news agency reported. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 The Chinese about 2 - 3 orders of magnitude tougher & smarter than Muzzies. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-02-16 13:50 |
| #3 If they did, they probably already used it. The Chinese share the "reactive" model, of "oppress gradually, react as needed to resistance". The trouble is that this technique has some flaws. And these flaws are a lot worse when both sides are using the technique. In this case, it is also the way Islam functions. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-16 13:02 |
| #2 I'm betting this will be seen as a sign of weakness by the Uighurs, resulting in a lot more anti-Chinese violence. I'm betting the Chinese already prepared a response. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-02-16 08:49 |
| #1 I'm betting this will be seen as a sign of weakness by the Uighurs, resulting in a lot more anti-Chinese violence. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-16 08:39 |