China Declared Islam a Contagious Disease — and Quarantined 1 Million Muslims

spicyratatooie:

neuroticpantomime:

vybewitme:

vfpalestine:

“Reeducation Camps”

Should sound familiar. 

Smh

Because I know a lot of people wanna claim anything critical of China to be Western propaganda:

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2018/7/9/the-uighur-muslim-crisis-is-worse-than-you-think

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/china-state-media-defends-xinjiang-muslim-crackdown-180813055304359.html

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/13/headlines/un_china_is_detaining_over_1_million_uighurs_in_massive_internment_camp

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/05/xinjiang-uyghur-china-repression-surveillance-islamophobia

https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/07/xinjiang-surveillance-model-expands-to-non-uyghur-muslims/

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/arrests-skyrocketed-in-china-s-muslim-far-west-in-2017-10561938

Note that this isn’t just about Islam: the Uyghurs are an ethnic minority in a Han-dominated state and the government does not have a great track record with non-Han minorities

China Declared Islam a Contagious Disease — and Quarantined 1 Million Muslims