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Uighurs are not persecuted "because they are Muslim". Hui, the second largest Chinese ethnic group after Han, are Muslim too. And they are not persecuted in any
by 101404 7y ago
Uighurs are not persecuted "because they are Muslim". Hui, the second largest Chinese ethnic group after Han, are Muslim too. And they are not persecuted in any way.
Uighurs are persecuted for the same reason the CCP tries to destroy the Tibetan ethnic group.
Both these groups have strong independence movements that want to break away from China.
- yters 7y agoWhat would motivate them to desire independence from China?
- 101404 7y agoThat's a long story in both cases. For the Tibet case, a great book about the history of China-Tibet relations and the role the British played in it is "The Snow Lion and the Dragon", free to read online: https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft2199n7f4&brand=ucpress https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft2199... For the Xinjiang/Uighur case, I don't have a book recommendation. Uighurs are a Turkic people, so they don't really fit into China culturally. Xinjiang became Chinese about a millennium ago, but Uighurs continue to fight for an independent "East Turkistan". The movement's headquarter is in Munich, afaik.
- yters 7y agoDo you think the state enforced atheism has any role?