China: Muslim Fasting Discouraged

[Admin Khan]

Several local governments in the western region of Xinjiang have ordered Muslim restaurants to stay open during the holy month of Ramadan and are telling civil servants and students to continue to eat and drink during daylight hours, when Muslims generally fast. Ramadan began on July 20. A notice on the Web site of the health bureau of Urumqi, the regional capital, said local officials had discussed “increasing eating and drinking during Ramadan” and were urged “to increase the monitoring of collective eating with supplied food at work units.” The goal was to “guarantee the health of the masses,” the posting said. Local governments have been putting in place such policies for several years. Southern Xinjiang and Urumqi have a large number of Uighurs, Muslims who often express discontent with ethnic Han, who dominate China.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/world/asia/china-muslim-fasting-discouraged.html?ref=world

[Tjanaparh]

What an stupidity!
Since when fasting is bad for health? Fasting can be very healthy to clean the body when a person continues a balanced diet after fasting, that is mostly known.


On the region: If my knowledge is not wrong Uyghurs were conquered by the Muslim Chinese (Hui/Dungan) forces. Both were fighting with terrible massacres on with the other. Later also Russian troops were involved, while in the begining of the 20th entury Uyghurs got help from Afghanistan.

[JattApache]

Religion is against their communist regime.
They worship Mao zedong, lenine and Karl marx..

So they oppress uyghur muslims and tibetan buddhists

[Tjanaparh]

1.Communism is a religion, I wonder if You do not know the difference between religion and faith?
2.Whom You refer to when You say "They"?

3. Please take my questions as sincere questions, I do not want to provoke You my friend.

[JattApache]

1.Communism is a religion, I wonder if You do not know the difference between religion and faith?
2.Whom You refer to when You say "They"?

3. Please take my questions as sincere questions, I do not want to provoke You my friend.

They do not worship any god in communism, they just agree with an ideology, i know many communists and budhists at the same time.

The communist chinese government of Hu jintao and wen jibao, leaders of the dictatorship

?? I wasn't answering to any of your question

[Tjanaparh]

They do not worship any god in communism, they just agree with an ideology, i know many communists and budhists at the same time.

The communist chinese government of Hu jintao and wen jibao, leaders of the dictatorship

?? I wasn't answering to any of your question

Ok, so You understand under the word of "religion" worship for God?
Than our understandings are quiet different on that. I already noticed it yesterday. "religion" has its meaning as a word, and it is sure far away from the meaning of "faith".
"Religion" means "relinking", and ideology is exactly what relinks people and cuts their connection to faith.

[Friend]

Ok, so You understand under the word of "religion" worship for God?
Than our understandings are quiet different on that. I already noticed it yesterday. "religion" has its meaning as a word, and it is sure far away from the meaning of "faith".
"Religion" means "relinking", and ideology is exactly what relinks people and cuts their connection to faith.

In Islam, religion means two, faith and deen.
Deen means a system, way of living life, do's and don'ts.

[asad71]

XINING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 million Chinese Muslims on Friday celebrated the first day of the one-month Ramadan festival across China.

In the 600-year-old Dongguan Mosque, located in Xining, provincial capital of northwest China's Qinghai province, tens of thousands of Muslims entered and gathered there to attend the morning prayer on Friday.

"The month of Ramadan is the greatest and most revered month for Muslims, and the prayer on the first day is also extremely important," said Ma Yongliang, who runs a logistics company in Xining city.

Han Jing, 17, said she would get up at 3 a.m. every morning during Ramadan to prepare food for her family.

Han said she would stay with other women at home, while the men would go to the mosque during the month. Even though they will suffer from fast, she believes that's a way to get closer to Allah.

During Ramadan, the ninth month of a year in the Muslim calendar, the Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. But children, the elderly and the weak do not have to observe the fast.

Ma insists to pray five times every day, and follows the business rules of integrity and trustworthiness according to Islam.

"We have been abiding with the sermons of the Koran for centuries. Although our lives have undergone rapid changes, we still hold strong faith," Ma said.

Thanks to the support of the Chinese government, the ethnic groups in the impoverished western areas have developed their dominant industries in recent years, slowly eradicating poverty.

In Ningxia Hui autonomous region, one of the main Muslim-populated regions, the predominantly Muslim Hui ethnic group developed the Halal food industry.

In 2011, the Halal food industry in Ningxia generated an output value of 10.3 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars), up 13 percent from a year ago. And the total output value of the Halal food industry in this region is expected to reach 20 billion yuan by 2015.

In a branch plant of Qinghai Yijia Buhala Nation Fashion China Co., Ltd., located in Hui-Tu autonomous county of Datong in Qinghai province, the homegrown Muslim traditional cap and clothing have been exported around the world.

"I can not only take care of children and elderly people in my family, but also do some work at home which I get paid for," said Han Yan, a worker of the plant, adding that the work never affected her worship.

"Female Muslims could hardly earn money in the past, but the work is conducive to raise the status of a female in a family," said Han Decheng, president of the company.

Moreover, in the Hui autonomous county of Hualong, more than 67,000 practitioners went out and opened over 10,000 restaurants selling traditional Hui food, such as hand-pulled noodles.

But for most Muslims, their biggest dream is to go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, their holiest city.

"Some elders in my family have been there, and I should realize my dream as well," said Ma.

In 1997, the first chartered plane for Chinese pilgrims flew from Beijing to Jeddah, an important gateway to Mecca. Direct chartered flights later linked Beijing, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Yinchuan, and Kunming to Medina, the second holiest city, which is north of Mecca.

According to statistics, more than 13,800 Chinese pilgrims went to Mecca in 2011.

[asad71]

XINING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 million Chinese Muslims on Friday celebrated the first day of the one-month Ramadan festival across China.

In the 600-year-old Dongguan Mosque, located in Xining, provincial capital of northwest China's Qinghai province, tens of thousands of Muslims entered and gathered there to attend the morning prayer on Friday.

"The month of Ramadan is the greatest and most revered month for Muslims, and the prayer on the first day is also extremely important," said Ma Yongliang, who runs a logistics company in Xining city.

Han Jing, 17, said she would get up at 3 a.m. every morning during Ramadan to prepare food for her family.

Han said she would stay with other women at home, while the men would go to the mosque during the month. Even though they will suffer from fast, she believes that's a way to get closer to Allah.

During Ramadan, the ninth month of a year in the Muslim calendar, the Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. But children, the elderly and the weak do not have to observe the fast.

Ma insists to pray five times every day, and follows the business rules of integrity and trustworthiness according to Islam.

"We have been abiding with the sermons of the Koran for centuries. Although our lives have undergone rapid changes, we still hold strong faith," Ma said.

Thanks to the support of the Chinese government, the ethnic groups in the impoverished western areas have developed their dominant industries in recent years, slowly eradicating poverty.

In Ningxia Hui autonomous region, one of the main Muslim-populated regions, the predominantly Muslim Hui ethnic group developed the Halal food industry.

In 2011, the Halal food industry in Ningxia generated an output value of 10.3 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars), up 13 percent from a year ago. And the total output value of the Halal food industry in this region is expected to reach 20 billion yuan by 2015.

In a branch plant of Qinghai Yijia Buhala Nation Fashion China Co., Ltd., located in Hui-Tu autonomous county of Datong in Qinghai province, the homegrown Muslim traditional cap and clothing have been exported around the world.

"I can not only take care of children and elderly people in my family, but also do some work at home which I get paid for," said Han Yan, a worker of the plant, adding that the work never affected her worship.

"Female Muslims could hardly earn money in the past, but the work is conducive to raise the status of a female in a family," said Han Decheng, president of the company.

Moreover, in the Hui autonomous county of Hualong, more than 67,000 practitioners went out and opened over 10,000 restaurants selling traditional Hui food, such as hand-pulled noodles.

But for most Muslims, their biggest dream is to go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, their holiest city.

"Some elders in my family have been there, and I should realize my dream as well," said Ma.

In 1997, the first chartered plane for Chinese pilgrims flew from Beijing to Jeddah, an important gateway to Mecca. Direct chartered flights later linked Beijing, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Yinchuan, and Kunming to Medina, the second holiest city, which is north of Mecca.

According to statistics, more than 13,800 Chinese pilgrims went to Mecca in 2011.

[JattApache]

Ok, so You understand under the word of "religion" worship for God?
Than our understandings are quiet different on that. I already noticed it yesterday. "religion" has its meaning as a word, and it is sure far away from the meaning of "faith".
"Religion" means "relinking", and ideology is exactly what relinks people and cuts their connection to faith.

For example there are many chinese people, who believe in communism as an ideology and politically, but at the same time they are strong believers on budhism.
Same in north korea, there are some christians living under the rule of communism
Communism is not a religion for me, it have to be related with God ( Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, hinduism etc.. )
Communism is a political/ economical thing

[Friend]

For example there are many chinese people, who believe in communism as an ideology and politically, but at the same time they are strong believers on budhism.
Same in north korea, there are some christians living under the rule of communism
Communism is not a religion for me, it have to be related with God ( Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, hinduism etc.. )
Communism is a political/ economical thing

Budhism, Chirstianity, Hinduism and all other religions are only the religions of faith. But Islam is not only a religion of faith but it also gives a system for living a beautiful and balanced life. It gives, you political, administrative, social, economic, strategic solutions and demand us to implement it where ever we are.

[Tjanaparh]

In Islam, religion means two, faith and deen.
Deen means a system, way of living life, do's and don'ts.

As I knoe deen comes from an Iranic root, and one friend explained it as reachable with mind or observable. It is however a concept used far beyond Islam. But I do not think even Muslims would say they have religion(or do you use in Pashto or Arabic a word meaning "religion" in its sense?

[JattApache]

Budhism, Chirstianity, Hinduism and all other religions are only the religions of faith. But Islam is not only a religion of faith but it also gives a system for living a beautiful and balanced life. It gives, you political, administrative, social, economic, strategic solutions and demand us to implement it where ever we are.

Yes thank you I know islam
That is why I like islam, it gives a good way of life

[Tjanaparh]

For example there are many chinese people, who believe in communism as an ideology and politically, but at the same time they are strong believers on budhism.
Same in north korea, there are some christians living under the rule of communism
Communism is not a religion for me, it have to be related with God ( Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, hinduism etc.. )
Communism is a political/ economical thing

May I ask You, even if the question is perhaps a bit incorrect, what is your belief?

[Friend]

As I knoe deen comes from an Iranic root, and one friend explained it as reachable with mind or observable. It is however a concept used far beyond Islam. But I do not think even Muslims would say they have religion(or do you use in Pashto or Arabic a word meaning "religion" in its sense?

The word "deen" is an Arabic word and has been used in the holy Quran several time. "Innaddeena Indallahil Islam" which means "Indeed, the best deen in the sight of Allah is Islam"