"Stay at home and pray"

China bans prayer in Mosques, saying "Stay at home and pray".  That's what an unnamed government official told the Associated Press news agency that people in Xinjiang should "stay at home and pray", rather than gathering in mosques, according to the BBC.  I guess those Uighur's in Bermuda, formerly of Gitmo, are feeling pretty good right now.  Also, can you imagine what would happen if we banned prayer in any mosque here in the US?

The order comes after several days of ethnic violence between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese. At least 156 people have been killed so far.

Thousands of troops remain in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, to try to maintain order.

The Chinese authorities have vowed to administer "severe punishment" to those involved in the riots......

'Al-Qaeda links'

The violence began on Sunday when Uighurs rallied to protest against a deadly brawl between Uighurs and Han several weeks ago in a toy factory in southern Guangdong province.

Security has been high in the city since the recent unrest

Officials say 156 people - mostly Han - died in Sunday's violence.

Uighur groups say many more have died, claiming 90% of the dead were Uighurs.

More than 1,400 people are thought to have been detained.

On Thursday, China said it had "a great deal of evidence" that some of those involved in the violence had "training from foreign terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda".

Foreign ministry official Qin Gang did not say what the evidence was, but said the groups were "inextricably linked with three vicious forces from abroad".

Comments

[MK]

I don't particularly care much how the Chinese are dealing with the muslims there, but it's quite telling how the western media and the left are so silent and indifferent to the suffering of Christians in China and the human rights abuses that go on there.

You see them screaming and carrying on over Gitmo and America, but it's all peace and quiet out by the chinese consulate.

[Skunkfeathers]

China: welcome to the world of Islamofascism. Perhaps you'll start rethinking your support of the mulahs of Iran?