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Jailing Muslims, burning Bibles, and forcing monks to wave the national flag: How Xi Jinping is
Jailing Muslims, burning Bibles, and forcing monks to wave the national flag: How Xi Jinping is attacking religion in ChinaChina is waging an unprecedented war on religion.
Over the past year alone, China has detained Muslim for showing their faith, forced Buddhists to pledge allegiance to the ruling Communist Party, and coerced Christian churches to take down their crosses or shut down.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
The 'sinicization' of religion
The Party, which is officially atheist, has for decades attempted to control religious organizations to maintain its dominance.
Its State Administration for Religious Affairs, set up in 1951, allows five religious organizations to exist under the state's control: a Party-sanctioned form of Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Protestantism, and Catholicism.
The state controls these groups' personnel, publications, and finances. Technically, citizens are free to practise religion freely, as long as their sect is officially sanctioned by the government.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-xi-jinping-is-attacking-religion-in-china-2018-11