China’s new tactic to suppress Muslim separatists: banning veils and “abnormal” beards

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China’s new tactic to suppress Muslim separatists: banning veils and “abnormal” beards
Steve Mollman  March 30, 2017

The Uyghur people of China’s far-west Xinjiang region have long complained that government rules and policies discriminate against them. Things just got worse.

Yesterday authorities in the violence-prone region passed a new regulation that will surely lead to more resentment among the 10 million or so Uyghur, most of whom are Muslim and speak a Turkic language. They comprise about 45% of Xinjiang’s population; 40% are Han Chinese.

Taking effect on Saturday (April 1), the regulation bans over a dozen behaviors that authorities deem “abnormal.” Among them:

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