Muslim women lead protests in restive west China

[Hatalles]

Source: Associated Press

Muslim women lead protests in restive west China
By WILLIAM FOREMAN and GILLIAN WONG

URUMQI, China – The petite Muslim woman with the sky blue head scarf began by complaining that the public washrooms were closed at a crowded mosque on Friday — the most important day of the week for Islamic worship. When a group gathered around her on the sidewalk, Madina Ahtam then railed against communist rule in China's far western region of Xinjiang, rocked by ethnic rioting that has killed at least 184 people this week.

The 26-year-old businesswoman eventually led the crowd of mostly men in a fist-pumping street march that was quickly blocked by riot police, some with automatic rifles pointed at the protesters.

The incident was one of many examples of how Muslim women have been taking bold leadership roles following the deadliest communal violence in decades in the Xinjiang region. As the communist government launches a sweeping security crackdown, the women have faced down troops, led protests and risked arrest by speaking out against police tactics they believe are excessive.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

[AlecBGreen]

1. *sigh*

Uighurs: "This is Xianjiang...GET OUT!"

Han Chinese: "This is CHINA! YOU get out!"

This will go on...

[AlphaCentauri]

3. and religion setting fire on it n/t

[BunkerHill24]

2. Where are the Muslim nations on this, and why aren't they speaking out?

Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Iran sell oil to the Chinesse...they should use their oil as leverage.

[ohio2007]

4. China isn't burning korans and flushing them in toilets.....just shutting their prayer houses down

nice observation on the subject BunkerHill24. I doubt the MSM will follow up on the lack of interest in the muslim world.

Cartoon Case Escalates into International Crisis

Thu, 2005-10-27
The case of the Muhammad cartoons, published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten two weeks ago, is escalating into a major conflict between Denmark and the Muslim world. Eleven Muslim ambassadors to Copenhagen, who had protested to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen demanding apologies from the newspaper, decided to take the matter to international Muslim organisations, such as the Arab League and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.

One of the eleven ambassadors is the ambassador of Turkey. She has received full support of the Turkish Foreign Ministry in asking Rasmussen to call Jyllands-Posten to account for “abusing Islam in the name of democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.” According to Muslims it is blasphemy to depict the Prophet Muhammad.

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http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/407

[ohio2007]

5. The Ahmadinejad government's explanation for the violence in China ( US staged riots ! who knew ! )

burried deep in the blog article an ironic twist on showing a bias when it comes to civil unrest;

IRAN: Are China's Muslims worthy of Islamic Republic's support?


Although Iranian authorities were quick to condemn the killing of a Muslim Egyptian woman by an alleged racist in a German courtroom last week, allowing protesters to organize a demonstration and hurl eggs at the German Embassy in Tehran, they've been less than compassionate about scores of Muslims killed in western China.

"The United States is behind the riots in Xinjiang," said an analysis published by the official Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA. "Living conditions have improved for the Chinese Muslims. These riots have no religious aspect and they are just the outcome of a U.S. conspiracy. However, the Western media have exaggerated the events in Xinjiang."

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The Ahmadinejad government's explanation for the violence in China has startled some observers, especially after the row it is continuing to make over the death of Marwa Sherbini, who was stabbed 18 times in a courtroom in Dresden, Germany, by a man identified as Axel W. But Iran also supported Moscow when it cracked down on rebellious Muslims in the breakaway republic of Chechnya during the 1990s.

According to the IRNA analysis, the West stirred up all the trouble in western China out of jealousy of the Beijing government's economic successes:

Due to its unique features, the Chinese economic model has been a hard sell for the Westerns. The Chinese never respected the standards set by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and they did not tie their fates to dishonest Western institutions. That is why China was spared the spiraling East Asia crisis. That, along with other reasons, prompted the Americans to target the internal unity and integrity of China in a last-ditch attempt.

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"Muslims should condemn any onslaught on their coreligionists, and they have to offer sympathy to Muslims who may be Chinese, European or of another nationality," he said. "Muslim governments should not discriminate between Muslims in China and other parts of the world."

-- Borzou Daragahi in Beirut
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/07/iran-are-chinas-muslims-worthy-of-islamic-republics-support.html

Pretty obvious the ruling theocrats don't give a ratz ass about the religion of the people.