China bans civil servants, teachers from fasting during Ramadan
Further China has ordered that restaurants keep normal opening hours.
The Chinese government has imposed a ban on civil servants, teachers and students from fasting during Ramadan. A notice on a government website in the central Xinjiang city of Korla read as: "Party members, cadres, civil servants, students and minors must not fast for Ramadan and must not take part in religious activities. During the Ramadan month, food and drink businesses must not close.
The Independent reported that the human rights groups have blamed clashes between the region's 10 million-strong Uighar Muslim minority and state security forces on religious and cultural restrictions.
Further
China
has
ordered
that
restaurants
keep
normal
opening
hours.
This
order
is
specific
to
the
Xinjiang
region
where
there
is
a
Muslim
population
of
58
per
cent.
The
Khaleej
Times
quoted
Dilxat
Raxit
from
the
exile
group,
the
World
Uyghur
Congress,
as
saying,
"China
thinks
that
the
Islamic
faith
of
Uighurs
threatens
the
rule
of
the
Beijing
leadership".
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