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| Burqa banned in China's Xinjiang |
| 2015-01-15 |
| [DAWN] China has banned the wearing of burqas in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, where a majority of Moslems reside, said a report published on The Telegraph. That's so Heroes of Islam can't dress up like girls, at least not in public. Residents have been banned from wearing burqas in the city of 3.1 million people, in "an effort to curb growing extremism," state media had announced earlier this week. It also means women dressed up like bats can't hold up liquor stores. Xinjiang is home to the Uighurs, a largely Moslem, Turkic-speaking group as well as a growing number of Han Chinese migrants who have poured into the region which borders Pakistain, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan. "Burqas are not [a] traditional dress for Uighur women, and wearing them in public places is banned in countries such as Belgium and La Belle France," reported Xinhua, China's official news agency. Recently, there has been a rise in deadly festivities in China, which Beijing describes as Islamic terrorism. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... some experts claim that these festivities are due to ethnic tensions between Uighurs and Han Chinese migrants. The Chinese leadership insists that religious fanaticism is the driving force behind the recent rise in bloodshed. On the other hand, human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... groups argue that the government violates the Uighurs' rights to freedom of worship. The groups also say that the Community Party's rigid policies on religion are serving to further radicalise Moslem youth in the region. Xinjiang's Communist Party chief Zhang Chunxian recently urged officials to "brandish the sword and advance against snuffies in a full-on approach". In May last year, Beijing commenced a so-called "people's war on terror" following a market bombing in Urumqi which left 31 people dead. |
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