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Salaam, the names Mohamed. I'm a twenty-something living in Calgary.

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Posts tagged china

Chinese Muslims banned from fasting in Ramadan | MuslimVillage.com 

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Amid fresh arrests, restrictions on fasting and prayers at mosques, Uighur Muslims are suffering under the latest episode of Chinese government crackdown on their ethnic minority in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

“If any religious figure discusses Ramadan during the course of religious activities, or encourages people to take part, then they will lose their license to practice,” Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the Munich-based World Uighur Congress, told Eurasia Review on Friday, August 5.

“The more serious cases will result in arrests for incitement to engage in illegal religious activity,” he said.

A day before the start of the holy fasting month for China’s Muslims, at least 11 people were killed in a series of attacks in the north-western region of Xinjiang.

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ellobofilipino: China in the mind of America

ellobofilipino:

China in the mind of America

inothernews: SHAOLIN DUNKS   Monks played basketball near a monastery in Jiuzhi County, Qinghai province, China, Saturday. (Photo: EPA via the Wall St. Journal) Great freakin’ photo. there’s too much awesomeness happening in this picture.

inothernews:

SHAOLIN DUNKS   Monks played basketball near a monastery in Jiuzhi County, Qinghai province, China, Saturday. (Photo: EPA via the Wall St. Journal)

Great freakin’ photo.

there’s too much awesomeness happening in this picture.

landscapelifescape: Zhangjiaji, China Pandora from Avatar – Zhangjiajie

landscapelifescape:

Zhangjiaji, China

Pandora from Avatar – Zhangjiajie

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hijablove: Photo caption: Tursun Gul, a local Uighur woman on a crutch, shouts at Chinese armored personnel carriers and soldiers wearing riot gear as a crowd of angry locals confront security forces on a street in the city of Urumqi on July 7, 2009. (REUTERS/David Gray)

hijablove:

Photo caption:

Tursun Gul, a local Uighur woman on a crutch, shouts at Chinese armored personnel carriers and soldiers wearing riot gear as a crowd of angry locals confront security forces on a street in the city of Urumqi on July 7, 2009. (REUTERS/David Gray)

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rightsandhumanity: BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of his pursuit of nonviolent political reform in the world’s most populous country. Mr. Liu, 54, perhaps China’s best known dissident, is currently serving an 11-year term on charges of “inciting the subversion of state power.” He is the first Chinese citizen to win the Peace Prize. Read more…

rightsandhumanity:

BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of his pursuit of nonviolent political reform in the world’s most populous country.

Mr. Liu, 54, perhaps China’s best known dissident, is currently serving an 11-year term on charges of “inciting the subversion of state power.”

He is the first Chinese citizen to win the Peace Prize.

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Oil spill in Dalian, China [The Big Picture - Boston.com] (via allyzabeth)

Oil spill in Dalian, China [The Big Picture - Boston.com]

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