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Turkish fury as minority Muslims ‘banned from fasting’ in China
Protesters in Istanbul have burned Chinese flags and demonstrated against what they claim is the religious suppression of minority Uighur Muslims by authorities in China’s Xinjiang province.
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Incredible... As much as I am unreligious, I still believe in tolerance and the "live and let live" motto. It baffles me how religious endeavors still creates so much discord.
I can't even.
Buddhist Nepal gets all the press in the West, but the people of Xinjiang have it arguably worse than them, and they, too, have a legitimate claim to independence from China.
I wish Xinjiang got more than the occasional scrap of attention. I really feel for them. The Chinese Government is out to stamp out their religion and culture, and we stand by doing nothing because they're Muslims instead of conveniently Buddhist.