Shanghaiist: Ramadan restrictions in Xinjiang?

tekin

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:01:50 +0800

it is not only in two county. it is everywhere in the region. 五、严禁党员、干部、学生、未成年人封斋守戒和参加宗教活动，任何人不得以任何借口强迫他人封斋和参加宗教活动。(伊犁政府网) 加大对党的宗教政策和《非法宗教活动23条界定》的宣传力度，要求各村党支部、站所社、中小学校、各大小清真寺组织学习。二、加强全乡斋月期间管理制度，加强对党员、干部、宗教人士和广大群众的宣传教育力度，坚决杜绝党员、干部、学生封斋和参与宗教活动。(莎车党政信息网) 所辖5所学校在斋月期间加强了对民族教职工和学生的管理工作，严格要求。检查过程中市一中党支部较好的完成了此项工作,做到“学校和老师之间”“老师和学生之间”签订了《加强民族团结、维护社会稳定工作“十不准”》的责任书，还利用在课余时间让老师和学生吃葡萄干、吃水果、喝开水等方式检查封斋情况。他们的这种做法东河区街道办事处在其他几所学校中推广。(哈密政府网)

kristhedabendan

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:17:12 +0800

Dumb-ass local officials no doubt sent to the far west as to be gotten rid of. What good could that possibly do?? People bombing government structures and officials so the response is to make all the men go to a barber? Yeah, then they wont want to bomb anything.... not to mention the horrible press this is going to recieve in the west and arab states. hope this gets fixed quickly. the NY times has already reported stories about restaurants being forced to stay open. such a mess.

quantumcooney

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:43:58 +0800

Ugh, what could POSSIBLY go wrong?