Daily Pioneer Xinjiang region of China today reflects an extreme manifestation of a new ‘Surveillance State’ by the all powerful regime of Xi Jinping. Interestingly, this comes with a high-handed combination of technology and a strong flavour of communism. Its aim is not only to prevent the wave of both global and local Islamic terror, but also to alter the distinct identity of the Uighur Muslims and indoct ...

Asia Times  Chinese cities with large Muslim populations have tightened security ahead of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Friday, with additional police and anti-terrorism units drafted in to check for any evidence of infiltration by extremist groups. It is expected that at least 10 ethnic groups, comprising about 20 million Chinese, will take part in the festival, which marks the end of the Islamic holy mont ...

Medium By Jonathan Hiskes In the last three months, University of Washington anthropology student Darren Byler has spoken about his research to AI developers at Google, business leaders at the Washington State China Relations Council, and journalists at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Beijing. Each group has sought his help in understanding the situation of the Uyghur people in China’s far-northwest Xin ...

HC WASHINGTON — U.S. ally Saudi Arabia continued to torture, execute and discriminate against minority Shiite Muslims last year, according to the State Department, but the Trump administration followed the Obama administration and has granted the Sunni-ruled kingdom an exemption from sanctions normally placed on countries with bad records on religious freedom. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unveiled the ann ...

Asia Times Beijing is bent on 'racial cleansing' targeting Uyghurs in the name of social inclusion and assimilation, a rights group claims. A video clip of a gloomy bride, believed to be a young Uyghur woman, appearing to begrudge marrying her groom, a member of China’s predominant Han race, has been circulating online, with observers and Uyghur human-rights advocacy groups calling it more proof of Beijing’ ...