For ( Pseudo ) Seculars & Communists: China has banned the wearing of burqas in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, where a majority of Muslims reside, said a report published on The Telegraph. Residents have been banned from wearing burqas in the city of 3.1 million people, in an effort to curb growing extremism, state media had announced earlier this week. Xinjiang is home to the Uighurs, a largely Muslim, Turkic-speaking group as well as a growing number of Han Chinese migrants who have poured into the region which borders Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan. Burqas are not a traditional dress for Uighur women, and wearing them in public places is banned in countries such as Belgium and France, reported Xinhua, Chinas official news agency. Recently, there has been a rise in deadly clashes in China, which Beijing describes as Islamic terrorism. However, some experts claim that these clashes are due to ethnic tensions between Uighurs and Han Chinese migrants.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:03:30 +0000
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