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China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:13pm On Oct 03, 2018
China Declared Islam A Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims – They Were Made To Renounce Islam , Consume Pork , Drink Alcohol , Tortured & Killed
September 15, 2018

China is among the most ethnically homogeneous large countries in the world, with Han Chinese accounting for 91 percent of its population. The ruling Communist Party considers China's homogeneity and social cohesion to be pillars of its strength (and, also, potent rationalizations for discrimination against ethnic minorities and authoritarian rule).

But the territory of Xinjiang, in northwest China, is home to a large population of Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim, Turkic ethnic group. The Chinese government has long worried that the Uighurs will attempt to establish an independent homeland in the region, which they commonly call East Turkestan. In 2009, ethnic riots in Xinjiang claimed hundreds of lives; since then, individual Uighur nationalists have carried out multiple terrorist attacks.

So, to combat the impression that Uighurs have any cause for wanting their own separate state — let alone for deploying violence to achieve it — Xi Jinping's government has decided to declare Islam a contagious "ideological illness," and quarantine 1 million Uighurs in reeducation camps, according to an estimate from the United Nations. In interviews, former inmates from these camps say that they were made to renounce their faith, sing Communist Party songs, consume pork, and drink alcohol; other reports suggest some of the truly "ideologically sick" have been tortured and killed.

At first, Beijing was content to reserve its concentration camps for suspected radicals. But, as the Atlantic's Sigal Samuel explains, they eventually decided that the Uighurs' ideological malady was so destructive and contagious, it was best to quarantine them prophylactically, upon the slightest apparent symptom (like, say, the appearance of a long beard on an Uighur male's face).

To the West, China insists that its reeducation camps are mere vocational schools. But, as Samuel notes, Beijing offers a more forthright account of its intentions to its Chinese constituents. Here's how the Communist Party explained its policy in an official recording:

Members of the public who have been chosen for reeducation have been infected by an ideological illness. They have been infected with religious extremism and violent terrorist ideology, and therefore they must seek treatment from a hospital as an inpatient.

… There is always a risk that the illness will manifest itself at any moment, which would cause serious harm to the public. That is why they must be admitted to a reeducation hospital in time to treat and cleanse the virus from their brain and restore their normal mind … Being infected by religious extremism and violent terrorist ideology and not seeking treatment is like being infected by a disease that has not been treated in time, or like taking toxic drugs … There is no guarantee that it will not trigger and affect you in the future.

Having gone through reeducation and recovered from the ideological disease doesn't mean that one is permanently cured … So, after completing the reeducation process in the hospital and returning home … they must remain vigilant, empower themselves with the correct knowledge, strengthen their ideological studies, and actively attend various public activities to bolster their immune system.

Clearly, this is the missive a political party with a supremely healthy ideology.

To this point, international outcry over China's mass repression of its Muslim population has been relatively tame. As Business Insider notes, the governments of many Muslim-majority countries have declined to express public opposition, for fear of jeopardizing their access to Chinese capital — especially the infrastructure loans that Beijing has provided as part of its "One Belt, One Road" initiative.

Fortunately, the United States remains, for now, the world's preeminent military and economic power. And as president Trump made clear in his speech withdrawing the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement, our country is deeply committed to spreading religious freedom, individual liberty, and other human rights throughout the globe. So, is there any reason to doubt that Trump will make the liberation of the Uighurs America's top priority in its next round of negotiations with China over trade policy?

https://thecoverage.my/news/china-declared-islam-contagious-disease-quarantined-1-million-muslims-made-renounce-islam-consume-pork-drink-alcohol-tortured-killed/

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by OLAADEGBU(m): 2:46pm On Oct 03, 2018
Does China have a point in saying that Islam is an ideological malady that is so destructive and contagious and that they have to be quarantined prophylactically? shocked
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by HigherEd: 4:09pm On Oct 03, 2018
Militant Atheism is evil

Lalasticlala
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Waakanda: 4:16pm On Oct 03, 2018
Interesting...
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by CodeTemplar: 4:38pm On Oct 03, 2018
Same way they treat churches as brothel up north. Not so special if it is Islam that is being scrutinized.

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Jamodeen95(m): 5:50pm On Oct 03, 2018
This is really bad...
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by tartar9(m): 8:22pm On Oct 03, 2018
OLAADEGBU:
Does China have a point in saying that Islam is an ideological malady that is so destructive and contagious and that they have to be quarantined prophylactically? shocked
Really?
You're now tacitly celebrating torture and killing.
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by vaxx: 8:31pm On Oct 03, 2018
Might not be true , The Uighurs and the hui people of china are majorly muslim people treated with some special privileges in many aspects.

China had even produce one of the finnest Muslim scholar ( Liu zhi). And I personally know of one who works with zakir naik peace tv. Forgotten the name now.

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by DaGC(m): 11:16pm On Oct 03, 2018
vaxx:
Might not be true , The Uighurs and the hui people of china are majorly muslim people treated with some special privileges in many aspects.

China had even produce one of the finnest Muslim scholar ( Liu zhi). And I personally know of one who works with zakir naik peace tv. Forgotten the name now.

I don't know about them saying its an illness etc, but I have seen multiple reports and some of these "schools" on Al Jazeera... so it might well be true
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:18am On Oct 04, 2018
tartar9:


Really?
You're now tacitly celebrating torture and killing.

It was a question which you can gladly answer. cool
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by tartar9(m): 1:22am On Oct 04, 2018
OLAADEGBU:

It was a question which you can gladly answer. cool
As if it ain't obvious what your real intents are undecided
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by NPComplete: 7:11am On Oct 04, 2018
tartar9:

As if it ain't obvious what your real intents are undecided

That guy is just a hopeless troll. This is the kind of stories the good-for-nothing likes to jerk off on and he somehow conveniently forgets that Christians are being meted the same treatment in China. I guess being a Christian is synonymous to being selective amnesiac.

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Gggg102(m): 7:31am On Oct 04, 2018
OLAADEGBU:
Does China have a point in saying that Islam is an ideological malady that is so destructive and contagious and that they have to be quarantined prophylactically? shocked

Does China have a point in saying that Christianity is an ideological malady that is so destructive and contagious and that they have to be quarantined prophylactically? shocked

https://www.nairaland.com/4726065/china-begins-shutting-down-churches#71080889

https://www.nairaland.com/4029718/china-bans-children-attending-churches/3#60087272

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by CAPSLOCKED: 7:43am On Oct 04, 2018
OLAADEGBU:
Does China have a point in saying that Islam is an ideological malady that is so destructive and contagious and that they have to be quarantined prophylactically? shocked

YOU'RE TRYING TO TROLL ISLAM, AND GIVE CHRISTIANITY THE LEAD ON THE "TRUE RELIGION" BATTLE BUT THE BAD NEWS FOR YOU IS, CHINA IS NOT ONLY PUSHING ISLAM OUT, BUT ALSO CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER OCCULTIC SECT THAT MAY POLLUTE THE COUNTRY AND STALL THEIR PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS.

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 9:37am On Oct 04, 2018
Today it's becoming more and more obvious that JWs organization is truly God's mouthpiece on earth! For over a century, this group have been preaching and teaching whoever listens that "The Catholic Church and all the religions that sprang out of her will be dealt with for causing the death of millions of innocent lives" according to their interpretation of the Bible book of Revelation. They said that the Catholic Church is the "Antichrist" that took over the group name Christians after the death of the Apostles, they also asserted that the world Politics will realize that this Great Religion having many roots has been causing a lot of problems for them as they're controlling the authorities.So the authorities turn against her and devastate her. Most people aren't aware of these because the Catholic Church and it's affiliates have inculcated a lot of falsehood in the heart of billions. So by the time true Christians (JWs) were set again to continue the endtime harvest,Satan(using Catholicism and her affiliates) has already prepared the minds of billions against the truth,therefore it's easier for JWs to help people who knew nothing or less about Catholicism and her affiliates to know Jesus' real teachings than those who thinks they're already believers! Don't argue with yourselves over the event because this events will continue until Catholicism all religions that sprang out her have been totally eradicated from the surface of the earth,then they will also come after Jehovah's Witnesses, then the end will come! Whoever has ears let him listen and if you have any question regarding this please don't hesitate to ask Jehovah's Witnesses in your neighborhood.

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by NPComplete: 10:26am On Oct 04, 2018
@TATIME JW is a clown-show invented by morons and propagated by odious buffoons to this day. You guys have about 4 failed predications and still want us to believe u are the best thing since the invention of Ijebu garri. GTFOH
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Originality007: 10:32am On Oct 04, 2018
that is y it will never b ok for Russia or China to b world leader
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 3:57pm On Oct 04, 2018
NPComplete:
@TATIME JW is a clown-show invented by morons and propagated by odious buffoons to this day. You guys have about 4 failed predications and still want us to believe u are the best thing since the invention of Ijebu garri. GTFOH
Thanks my friend, it's true that JWs organization have made many mistakes in the past like use of words to present our understanding of future events that are predicted in the Bible as prophesies. In the past instead of saying "we've meditated thoroughly on what is written in the Bible, and during our meditations with prayers we've discovered that so and so will happen" we used the word "prophesies" which connotes that we're the ones telling the prophesies. The fact still remains that out of interpretations of 10 prophesies found in the Bible by Jehovah's Witnesses NONE has failed,it's Just the TIMING of these prophesies that's gloomy. True Christians have been making this same mistakes in the past. Act 1:7 but as for those prophesies they're surely going to happen it might not be in the order projected by JWs. No other religious group can see what JWs are seeing regarding our interpretations of Bible prophesies!
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by LordReed(m): 5:56am On Oct 05, 2018
TATIME:
Thanks my friend, it's true that JWs organization have made many mistakes in the past like use of words to present our understanding of future events that are predicted in the Bible as prophesies. In the past instead of saying "we've meditated thoroughly on what is written in the Bible, and during our meditations with prayers we've discovered that so and so will happen" we used the word "prophesies" which connotes that we're the ones telling the prophesies. The fact still remains that out of interpretations of 10 prophesies found in the Bible by Jehovah's Witnesses NONE has failed,it's Just the TIMING of these prophesies that's gloomy. True Christians have been making this same mistakes in the past. Act 1:7 but as for those prophesies they're surely going to happen it might not be in the order projected by JWs. No other religious group can see what JWs are seeing regarding our interpretations of Bible prophesies!

You still haven't made it clear which generation Jesus was talking about when he said it shall not pass before his return. 2000 years have gone by since he presumably said it. LoL
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Oshin56(m): 7:52am On Oct 05, 2018
This China self they funny forcing them to eat unclean meat and drink better and very chill beer
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 8:04am On Oct 05, 2018
LordReed:


You still haven't made it clear which generation Jesus was talking about when he said it shall not pass before his return. 2000 years have gone by since he presumably said it. LoL
The understanding is only for the meek and righteous ones not for the faithless or hasty! Matthew 13:11 compared to Zephaniah 2:2,3 Many are leaving the organization today because of the gloomy weather, meaning the GB themselves aren't seeing things clearly. Matthew 24:29-33 They're leaving not because the organization is not producing fine fruits (changing evil men to good) but because they're hasty in seeing the END! 2Peter 3:3-7 Please take note of one fact that Peter wasn't talking about ridiculers as none believers but "former believers who lost their faith due to hastiness"1Corinthians 13:13 compared to Matthew 24:12-14 So their love for righteousness has grown COLD Matthew 24:12-14. All that Jesus said is fulfilling one after the other but most people are agitating furiously instead of working hard to save souls,they want the end to come quickly. The generation will by no means pass away simply means Jesus will be around doing what He ought to do :separating the sheep from the goats~this is happening now as thousands are flocking into the group while many are also leaving. That's the sign that Jesus is presently acting because He is restructuring the one and only organization that's befitting His standards so those who wants the organization to remain the same must leave. John 6:66-69 The generation witnessing all these events will not finished before Jesus overthrow the world's government and EXTERMINATE all unbelievers! Daniel 2:44
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 8:33am On Oct 05, 2018
#LordReed : The Apostle Paul warned against been foolish during the end~time,because most Christians who formerly had strong 'faith" and "hope" in the things they have learnt will start loosing the two because they don't have strong "LOVE" for God and their neighbors whose lives is on the line! 1Corinthians 13:1-13 The GB on the other hand are striving hard to alert the flock of the impending doom but due to the gloomy weather already forecasted or predicted by Jesus they're making mistakes in the interpretation of the events. Moreover they're targeting the TIMING which supposed not to be(Act 1:7) because God won't reveal the TIME to no one not even Jesus( Matthew 24:36) But neither Jesus nor His father will condemn this faithful watchmen always AWAKE on the WATCHTOWER for the coming of the Lord! So whoever leaves them due to the present state of things is surely not suitable for everlasting life. Zephaniah 2:2,3 Please take note of Zephaniah's tone when he said "probably" Certainly JEHOVAH (God) will play HIS own part, Jesus (God's son) will also play His part, the watchman (GB) will also play his part but it's left to each believer individually to play his/her own part! Thanks wink wink wink
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by LordReed(m): 9:16am On Oct 05, 2018
TATIME:
The understanding is only for the meek and righteous ones not for the faithless or hasty! Matthew 13:11 compared to Zephaniah 2:2,3 Many are leaving the organization today because of the gloomy weather, meaning the GB themselves aren't seeing things clearly. Matthew 24:29-33 They're leaving not because the organization is not producing fine fruits (changing evil men to good) but because they're hasty in seeing the END! 2Peter 3:3-7 Please take note of one fact that Peter wasn't talking about ridiculers as none believers but "former believers who lost their faith due to hastiness"1Corinthians 13:13 compared to Matthew 24:12-14 So their love for righteousness has grown COLD Matthew 24:12-14. All that Jesus said is fulfilling one after the other but most people are agitating furiously instead of working hard to save souls,they want the end to come quickly. The generation will by no means pass away simply means Jesus will be around doing what He ought to do :separating the sheep from the goats~this is happening now as thousands are flocking into the group while many are also leaving. That's the sign that Jesus is presently acting because He is restructuring the one and only organization that's befitting His standards so those who wants the organization to remain the same must leave. John 6:66-69 The generation witnessing all these events will not finished before Jesus overthrow the world's government and EXTERMINATE all unbelievers! Daniel 2:44

Again you refuse to be clear. Is it yours or your children or your father's?
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by LordReed(m): 9:19am On Oct 05, 2018
TATIME:
#LordReed : The Apostle Paul warned against been foolish during the end~time,because most Christians who formerly had strong 'faith" and "hope" in the things they have learnt will start loosing the two because they don't have strong "LOVE" for God and their neighbors whose lives is on the line! 1Corinthians 13:1-13 The GB on the other hand are striving hard to alert the flock of the impending doom but due to the gloomy weather already forecasted or predicted by Jesus they're making mistakes in the interpretation of the events. Moreover they're targeting the TIMING which supposed not to be(Act 1:7) because God won't reveal the TIME to no one not even Jesus( Matthew 24:36) But neither Jesus nor His father will condemn this faithful watchmen always AWAKE on the WATCHTOWER for the coming of the Lord! So whoever leaves them due to the present state of things is surely not suitable for everlasting life. Zephaniah 2:2,3 Please take note of Zephaniah's tone when he said "probably" Certainly JEHOVAH (God) will play HIS own part, Jesus (God's son) will also play His part, the watchman (GB) will also play his part but it's left to each believer individually to play his/her own part! Thanks wink wink wink

LoL, 2000 years is pretty long time to be waiting for an event that Jesus and Paul supposedly described as eminent.
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by enilove(m): 9:26am On Oct 05, 2018
TATIME:
Thanks my friend, it's true that JWs organization have made many mistakes in the past like use of words to present our understanding of future events that are predicted in the Bible as prophesies. In the past instead of saying "we've meditated thoroughly on what is written in the Bible, and during our meditations with prayers we've discovered that so and so will happen" we used the word "prophesies" which connotes that we're the ones telling the prophesies. The fact still remains that out of interpretations of 10 prophesies found in the Bible by Jehovah's Witnesses NONE has failed,it's Just the TIMING of these prophesies that's gloomy. True Christians have been making this same mistakes in the past. Act 1:7 but as for those prophesies they're surely going to happen it might not be in the order projected by JWs. No other religious group can see what JWs are seeing regarding our interpretations of Bible prophesies!

Why did the JW organization make such prophesies when Jesus told us that no one knows the time ?
Is the organization not undermining that scriptures or Jesus himself ?

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Horus(m): 9:53am On Oct 05, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9SHEljMqIM

Is China detaining Uighur Muslims in secret camps?
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Emusan(m): 11:43am On Oct 05, 2018
TATIME:
it's true that JWs organization have made many mistakes in the past like use of words to present our understanding of future events that are predicted in the Bible as prophesies.

It's soooo shameful that this can come from you yet you couldn't see it as a big problem denigrating TRUE Christian life.

Imagine, if the Apostles have all made mistakes, can you trust their writings?

In the past instead of saying "we've meditated thoroughly on what is written in the Bible, and during our meditations with prayers we've discovered that so and so will happen" we used the word "prophesies" which connotes that we're the ones telling the prophesies.

So what is the essence of PRAYER if not to establish the TRUTH

Just imaging! It means your GB says what God did not say and you still believe they're the very spoke person for God on earth.

How can you say what God did not say?

The fact still remains that out of interpretations of 10 prophesies found in the Bible by Jehovah's Witnesses NONE has failed, it's Just the TIMING of these prophesies that's gloomy.

How can INTERPRETATION fail You're a real Olodo...

You've already established that YOUR GB PROPHESIED on behalf of God...

Go back to school...and stop be an online miscreant

True Christians have been making this same mistakes in the past. Act 1:7 but as for those prophesies they're surely going to happen it might not be in the order projected by JWs. No other religious group can see what JWs are seeing regarding our interpretations of Bible prophesies!

Just imagine, you even have the gut to involve the blessed Apostles in your delusion...how does Acts 1:7 is a mistake compare to the FAILED prophesies of your organization?

Lastly, this thread is about Islam but your deluded mind has turn it to JWs palava...
Who did this to you?

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Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 12:50pm On Oct 05, 2018
LordReed:


LoL, 2000 years is pretty long time to be waiting for an event that Jesus and Paul supposedly described as eminent.
To a mortal man it's just too long but to God it's just two days. 2Peter 3:8 And regarding the generation issue, anyone born before my father's death and lived with my children is still the same generation!
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 12:57pm On Oct 05, 2018
enilove:


Why did the JW organization made such prophesies when Jesus told us that no one knows the time ?
Is the organization not undermining that scriptures or Jesus himself ?

Thanks, the main point is that they're serving as a watchman on the WATCHTOWER. Don't forget that at anytime something passes they try to alert the city under their supervision. So those living in the city would ever continue to appreciate them for always remaining AWAKE. JEHOVAH and Jesus aren't condemning them because they're gathering faithful ones and equipping them for the work to be done. So if the gloomy weather(Joel 2:31 compared to Matthew 24:29) is giving them problems they just need to readjust themselves become fully convinced of what they saw before alerting the citizens!
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by Nobody: 1:03pm On Oct 05, 2018
Emusan:


It's soooo shameful that this can come from you yet you couldn't see it as a big problem denigrating TRUE Christian life.

Imagine, if the Apostles have all made mistakes, can you trust their writings?



So what is the essence of PRAYER if not to establish the TRUTH

Just imaging! It means your GB says what God did not say and you still believe they're the very spoke person for God on earth.

How can you say what God did not say?



How can INTERPRETATION fail You're a real Olodo...

You've already established that YOUR GB PROPHESIED on behalf of God...

Go back to school...and stop be an online miscreant



Just imagine, you even have the gut to involve the blessed Apostles in your delusion...how does Acts 1:7 is a mistake compare to the FAILED prophesies of your organization?

Lastly, this thread is about Islam but your deluded mind has turn it to JWs palava...
Who did this to you?
We were solidly behind Moses during the time JEHOVAH directed him to lead us towards the red sea, we were solidly behind Jesus when He told us to continue praying for the kingdom to come since 2,000 years ago. We'll forever continue to exercise faith in what we're sure of and we'll never forsake the gathering of the eagles(Luke 17:37) because that's where the foresight dwells. You can show us a better group but if you can't it's a pity that we'll hold on to our faith.
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by LordReed(m): 1:11pm On Oct 05, 2018
TATIME:
To a mortal man it's just too long but to God it's just two days. 2Peter 3:8 And regarding the generation issue, anyone born before my father's death and lived with my children is still the same generation!

Hmmm, so before this generation you have named is gone, Jesus will return?
Re: China Declared Islam Contagious Disease And Quarantined 1 Million Muslims by OLAADEGBU(m): 2:08pm On Oct 05, 2018
HigherEd:


Militant Atheism is evil

Lalasticlala

Are they more evil than Islam?

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