Beijing polices Ramadan fasting to advance Uyghur ethnic cleansing

Evidence

Criminalizing and closely policing Islam, the most conspicuous and sacred identifier of Uyghur identity, is how Beijing seeks to not only stifle Uyghur aspirations for independence, but also advance a program of full-scale ethnic cleansing. In 2015, China restricted Uyghur Muslim students and teachers and other civil servants in Xinjiang from fasting during Ramadan, extending the arm of the state into family households during the holy month. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 615

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The Ramadan fasting ban parallels ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ — state regulation of intimate religious practice as identity control.
• XREF: Directly connects to Iftikhar’s global cases of state regulation of Muslim religious practice.