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| Major Moslem violence in China |
| 2004-11-01 |
| The NYT reports violent clashes between members of the Muslim Hui ethnic group and the majority Han group left nearly 150 people dead and forced authorities to declare martial law in a section of Henan Province in central China, journalists and witnesses in the region said today. The fighting flared late last week and continued into the weekend after a Hui taxi driver fatally struck a 6-year-old Han girl, prompting recriminations between different ethnic groups in neighboring villages, these people said. One person who was briefed on the incident by the police said that 148 people had been killed, including 18 police officers sent to quell the violence. |
| Posted by:Kalle (kafir forever) |
| #15 The Hans have been colonizing the Muslim savageries for decades. Under Mao, captive imams were forced to shovel pig crap. That's the only thing I liked about Mao. True freedom means: freedom from Muslims. |
| Posted by: nona6334 2004-11-01 12:15:38 AM |
| #14 The Hans have been colonizing the Muslim savageries for decades. Under Mao, captive imams were forced to shovel pig crap. That's the only thing I liked about Mao. True freedom means: freedom from Muslims. |
| Posted by: nona6334 2004-11-01 12:15:52 AM |
| #13 It seems the religion of Islam has "pissed off at the world" built into it. You look at the unrest in the world and who is at the bottom of most of it? Makes me proud to be an infidel!!! |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2004-11-01 6:23:12 PM |
| #12 BH, You forgot someone: Israel "been" pissed - check! |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-11-01 11:11:16 AM |
| #11 agreed LH: thx Gromky, ZF, et al for the internals on China - we rarely get the unsanitized versions, regarding the interior |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-01 10:18:44 AM |
| #10 thanks for the info, ZF. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-01 10:11:23 AM |
| #9 US pissed - check! India pissed - check! Russia pissed - check! China pissed - ...check! |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-01 10:08:31 AM |
| #8 gromky: Wow, how frightening. And only two provinces over. I can't imagine 18 police officers dying. Ironically, Hui military units were some of the staunchest defenders of the Qing dynasty government. They were known for being fierce fighters, and faced off against Western troops during various military clashes in China. I suspect that Hui-only military units have now been disbanded, but their fighting spirit appears undimmed. The Chinese have also been sending hordes of settlers into traditionally Hui areas, perhaps stirring up resentments throughout the land. Since the 90% Han Communist government owns all the land in the Chinese empire, it has seen fit to provide land grants to Han settlers in Hui (and other colonial) territory. What the Hans are encountering occasionally is a toned-down equivalent of the Indian Wars.* (In Chinese, Islam is termed "hui jiao" or the religion of the Hui). * Cue to the theme song for "How the West was Won". |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-11-01 10:05:02 AM |
| #7 Guess they haven't heard what happened at Tinamin Square. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-11-01 8:23:56 AM |
| #6 They deserve eachother. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-11-01 7:31:33 AM |
| #5 Yea muslims are good at the seething thing. They are about to find out they only thought they knew about the represive central government. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-01 1:42:26 AM |
| #4 Man, 148 people killed! Obviously there is some simmering unrest there in the province. Wonder if the main force in this riot is muslim unrest and seething. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-01 1:23:00 AM |
| #3 Wow, how frightening. And only two provinces over. I can't imagine 18 police officers dying. I agree with the 'demand compensation' part. Any traffic accident of any kind in China, no matter how small, very quickly attracts a crowd of gawkers, who levy judgement on who should pay whom. No surprise the conflict started over that. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-11-01 12:48:41 AM |
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| Posted by: nona6334 TROLL 2004-11-01 12:15:52 AM |
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| Posted by: nona6334 TROLL 2004-11-01 12:15:38 AM |