Uighurs from Kashi, Xinjiang were prosecuted for the first time for illegally wearing burkas and growing long beards. A 38 year old Uighur man in Kashi did not obey the law requiring men to shave their beards and was sentenced to six years in prison. He had encouraged his wife to continue to wear her burka even after the law was passed, and she was sentenced to two years in prison.
Source: boxun.com
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Apr 04, 2015 09:36 Report Abuse
This stupid ignorant law, I'm a Muslim not terrorist neither support extremist . 6 years prison for growing beard it's inhuman treatment .. Seriously what do chinese government expect .. ?? It will make normal people to get into extremist nothing else . And China better not mess up with Islamic culture .. Open your eyes see what's going on in the world even tougher countries who has more balls and power than china .. Can't win over the Muslims ..
Apr 03, 2015 10:52 Report Abuse
Ya China better not mess with Islam. Muslim must follow the Koran and murder, lie, and enslave non-Muslim's. Good point. Muslim are peace loving, that is why they are the majority of the world's murders, terrorist, and wife beaters.
Apr 22, 2015 17:06 Report Abuse
Well, they're going to need a pretty big prison if they're going to continue along this path. If 50% of the population of Kashgar are men, and 50% of those have beards (as they indeed do) they'll need room for 100,000. Or was this bloke merely a scapegoat? I'm not sure what constitutes a burka but I do know that 70% of Kashgar's women wear head-dress of some description. It's a sad situation for all concerned. The Uyghir people for obvious reasons and the Han who have to carry the burden of their imbecilic leaders. The violence in Xinjiang is never reported unless they have no choice. ie; the 15 killed yesterday near Turpan, anybody hear of that one?
Apr 01, 2015 13:38 Report Abuse
With this logic xinjiang people should put chinese to prison for wearing traditional chinese dress. Guys without beard should also put in prison. Also when chinese see jewish guy with a long beard and jewish woman with long dress, they also should be put prison by chinese. Moreover sikh indians with long beard and who is wearing Sikh turban on the top of their hat should be put in prison in china.
Apr 01, 2015 09:44 Report Abuse
Good, this will stop the anti-han sentiment in Xinjiang. We can finally enjoy peace.
Apr 01, 2015 06:54 Report Abuse
Isn't wearing a Burka part of the Islamic religion? Extremists will use these bans to further fuel their cause even further...
Mar 31, 2015 20:03 Report Abuse