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The Anti-Ramadan Campaign

Three weeks ago the World Uyghur Congress claimed that a "Strike Hard" campaign was being planned for Xinjiang after the Olympics, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. We saw last week that operations are at least in the planning stages. Now comes... ...full story at Opposite End of China

from Opposite End of China on Mon, Sep 08 2008

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29 Jan 09 visit Authorities Launch "Strike Hard" Campaign in Tibet  »  YouTube videoWONG: Radio Free Asia reports that Chinese authorities have launched a so-called strike hard campaign in Tibet. Since January 18, authorities have raided hotels, housing blocks, rented houses, bars, and Internet cafes in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa....
23 Aug 09 visit Chinese Muslims greet holy month of Ramadan  »  People's Daily Millions of Muslims across China greeted the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Saturday, a season of fasting and spiritual reflection. Forty-eight-year-old farmer Ma Guoxing, a Muslim of Hui ethnic group in Tuanjie Village in Wuzhong, northwest China's...
10 Sep 08 visit Ramadan restrictions in Xinjiang?  »  Shanghaiist Western news outlets are rife with reports that Chinese officials in the Xinjiang province have imposed a set of heavy-handed restrictions on the observation of the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. The restrictions are said to...
21 Sep 09 visit Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr  »  Shanghai Daily MILLIONS of Muslims across China yesterday celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Muslims of different ethnic groups in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous...
22 Aug 09 visit Muslims in China start sacred fast  »  Shanghai Daily MILLIONS of Muslims across China greeted the Muslim holy month of Ramadan yesterday, a season of fasting and spiritual reflection. Farmer Ma Guoxing, 48, a Muslim of the Hui ethnic group in Tuanjie Village in...
02 Sep 08 visit Chinese manufacturers kill producers of Ramadan lanterns and keffiyeh's in the Mid East  »  Shanghaiist Ramadan, Islam's holiest season has just begun, and as Muslims around the world begin a month-long period of prayer and fasting, manufacturers across the Middle East have little reason to smile as they find themselves edged out with increasing numbers of...

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