China’s Uighurs face fasting restrictions

Posted by Bilal Randeree on 09 Ramadhan 1429 / 9/11/08 • Categorized as China
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Let us all be grateful for the ease with which we get to enjoy Ramadan.

Officials in China’s western Xinjiang province have stepped up pressure on the region’s ethnic Uighur population during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Watch this report by Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Aljazeera English

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1 Comment

  1. Safiyyah
    September 11, 2008 • 1:06 pm

    thanks for posting this Bilal
    Those who fast in opposition to the government show true faith!
    I dont see how fasting is a terrorist threat!!!!!?

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