China's New Anti-Extremism Law is an Extension of its Brutal Campaign to Erase the Islamic Identity of Xinjiang’s Muslim Women and their Children
Press Release Blinded through its hate towards Islam, China has extended its brutal war against the Islamic beliefs of the Uighur Muslims of Xinjiang. On April 1, 2017, it enacted the Law on the "Fight Against Extremism" which once again targets the Islamic identity of Muslim women and their children as well as the Uighur Muslims in general. Article 9 of this new law bans "to use religious rituals in marriage and divorce, funeral and heritage issues, to refuse to watch and listen to state television and radio broadcasts, to wear clothing which covers the face, to grow abnormal beards, to give children names which have religious association and thus provoke religious extremism, to oppose or prevent the State's Birth Control Policies" and many more bans. Article 7 of the law promises to "reward persons and institutions financially who effectively contribute to the struggle against Extremist Religious Trends and who succeed in their eradication for ...