How China is tearing down Islam – FT

[syspec]

From the article, a printout of a municipal declaration posted at a school: > Why minors cannot enter religious venues > An open letter to parents and guardians of elementary and middle-school students in the entire city > Minors are at a critical stage of physical and mental development…they do not have the ability to think independently… therefore, please could all parents and friends actively cooperate and keep minors far from religion. ----- It actually seems logical to me!

[jimbob45]

Which is weird because China-Iranian relations seem to be pretty strong atm[0]. I guess Iran looks the other way when China eradicates their own Muslims and China looks the other way when Iran eradicates their own Taoists/Buddhists?

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Iran_relations

[Morte42]

Iran has also rebuilt its own mosques with Persian design cues. In fact there is no single Islamic style anymore.

At one time mosques were like outposts that advertised the religion so they had to be built to be identifiable to strangers and mosques everywhere had a largely Arab design language. But given that these mosques were quickly erected they often needed repair and the differences in climate, culture and available building materials as well as advancing knowledge of construction techniques meant that parts of the mosque were modified.

There are only two structures in Islam that can't be modified, everything else just needs to serve the function of hosting a large group of people in accordance with local safety regulations. Yes, really. That's it. Most mosques are formerly abandoned buildings that look like warehouses. The holiest site in Islam is a simple cube. There is no specific shape or pattern you need to use to call it a mosque.

FT has been on a crusade to divide Muslims and the Chinese for a while now which is why they are upset about the shape of mosques in China but okay with Muslims dying everywhere else, this article is terrible even by their very low standards. These are all completely valid mosques.

[CharlieDigital]

The Iranian government is about as Islamic as the Chinese government is Communist.

Both countries simply have a ruling class that is using an ideology to wield control.

[selimthegrim]

The Uyghurs are not Shiites.

[boeingUH60]

The Chinese government detests religion in general, so it's quite weird to single out Islam here.

In a pseudo-communist country, the only god is the state and leader Xi Jinping is the chosen prophet.

[candiodari]

This probably didn't help:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_China

[polotics]

why?

[discard129]

The article also documents that they are banning young people from attending religious services.

The article seems to be documenting practices designed to remove Islamic symbols and stop it from being transmitted to a younger generation.

Tearing down Islam seems as good a description as any for that.

I think you’ll need to explain why you think this is connected to Palestine in some way. The practices documented in the article go back many years.

[throwingrocks]

The _very_ first paragraph quotes a Muslim saying "It’s the destruction of our religion.”.

[jnovek]

Five years ago I would’ve never guessed that I would be downvoting overtly Islamophobic comments on HN.

The current escalation reminds me of the early days after 9/11.

[danielbln]

Which comments are you talking about? At the time of writing, there are two comments in this thread, including yours, and none are islamophobic.

[Always_Anon]

>overtly Islamophobic comment

Being against those who support anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ+ views isn't Islamophobic. It's common fucking sense.