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How would the Uighurs run a country where they were the majority? Sadly, we have two governments, one(the Uighurs) believes in a warlike state where religion i
by aurizon 8y ago
How would the Uighurs run a country where they were the majority? Sadly, we have two governments, one(the Uighurs) believes in a warlike state where religion is the authority and another warlike one (China) where the secular state is the authority and China is larger.
These states that blend state and religious power all seem headed towards religious oligopolies - Iran comes to mind.
What happens when the states of Europe become majority Islamic? Will Islam undergo a gradual reformation or will the islamic governments insist on forced conversion?, as they have done in the past.
I do not know why they insist on control over others. Whatever end game follows, will be 100 years to fruition...
- _bxg1 8y agoAttaching agreed-upon bad things like authoritarianism and terrorism and oppression onto arbitrary symbols like Islam and secularism is fallacious. Those superficial symbols make for terrible indicators of actual evil, and rhetoric like the above only serves to increase the injustice done to innocent people. See the recent Christchurch attack.
- growlist 8y agoIsn't Islam the only religion that says that all other religions are false?
- chewz 8y agoOP is right in observing that Islam is not compatible with political system in China. Islam has certain political goals built in. Chinese system requires political monopoly and keeping religion private matter. Hence the confrontation is logical and unavoidable. Not that I am saying what is happening is right.
- _bxg1 8y ago"Islam has certain political goals built in" From looking at the texts, you could say this about most major religions. From looking at the people, things are much less simple.
- chewz 8y agoHence China have been persecuting also Falun Gong, Christians and Tibetan Buddhists. Interesting question is why China have decided on such massive social engineering Kulturkampf[1] project in Xinjiang? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulturkampf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulturkampf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong#Speculation_on_rationale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong#Speculation_on_rati...
- faissaloo 8y agoIslam will prevail unreformed. Forced conversion is both unnecessary and invalid.