NorthernVike 2,079 Posted May 6, 2015 Muslim shops and restaurants in a Chinese village have been ordered to sell alcohol and cigarettes in an effort to weaken Islam’s hold on residents in China’s Xinjiang region. Shop owners who decline face closure and prosecution, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Monday. It is the latest in a series of anti-Muslim campaigns by Chinese authorities in the name of fighting religious extremism to undermine Islam influence in northwestern China.Chinese authorities in Laskuy township issued a notice to residents in Aktash village last week saying in part, “all restaurants and supermarkets in our village should place five different brands of alcohol and cigarettes in their shops before [May 1, 2015].” Shopkeepers were also instructed to promote the products in “eye-catching displays.” Authorities warned that “anybody who neglects this notice and fails to act will see their shops sealed off, their business suspended, and legal action pursued against them.” The notice also said the order was handed down from the top ranks of China’s ruling Communist Party.“We have a campaign to weaken religion here and this is part of that campaign,” Adil Sulayman, Aktash village party committee secretary, told RFA’s Uyghur Service. “Since 2012, people have stopped selling alcohol and cigarettes through their businesses. Even those who benefited financially from the practice have given it up because they fear public scorn. That is why [the order was issued].”Many locals in Aktash and other parts of Laskuy who practice Islam have decided to abstain from drinking and smoking, and selling the products was considered “taboo” for religious reasons. Sulayman told RFA that authorities in Xinjian viewed non-smoking Muslims as “a form of religious extremism.” The Quran refers to the use of alcohol and any intoxicants or self-destructive practices as a “sin.”Government officials and children in the predominately-Muslim Xinjiang province have been banned from attending mosques or observing the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which begins June 17. In some areas, women are banned from wearing face-covering veils and men discouraged from growing long beards, the Washington Post said.http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-does-china-weaken-islam-alcohol-and-cigarettes/ar-BBjcPOj?ocid=HPCDHPChina winning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 3,216 Posted May 6, 2015 I wish we could be like China Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,079 Posted May 6, 2015 I wish we could be like China So does Volty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted May 6, 2015 Is blowing yourself up a self destructive practice? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,469 Posted May 7, 2015 So does Volty. Not really, no. They do some stuff right though but this isn't one of them. They subsidize and deliver adequate quality healthcare cheaply, have good public schools - the ones in poor areas have problems but are still much better than their American equivalent. They have no welfare state and assorted programs to reward leaches and bad personal decisions and consequently incredibly low taxes. Unbelievably low eyes-pop-out-of-your-head-it's-so-low taxes. The correct answer to which country is the capitalist one and which one is socialist is not the one you think. It's run by people trained in engineering and chemistry not law and religion. And they're far more intelligent and competent than US lawmakers. They run surpluses and don't gouge the young and productive to make it difficult/impossible to have kids, and children's extracurricular stuff is subsidized. So in a heck of a lot of ways it's better. They do have a multitude of other problems as I'm sure you know that in the end makes it a much worse place overall, but you're more aware of those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,320 Posted May 7, 2015 Is blowing yourself up a self destructive practice? You get 72 virgins.......just sayin..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,469 Posted May 7, 2015 You get 72 virgins.......just sayin..... That there is the huge advantage of having your social and cultural religious norms set by a polygamist rather than a 30 y/o virgin. Islam is more than willing to bribe you with massive quantities of imaginary pu$$y in the afterlife wheras in Christianity, they put Jerry Falwell in charge of describing the afterlife party he's got planned for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites