(CNN) -- People wearing Islamic-style clothing and large beards are
banned from riding public buses during the Xinjiang Sports Games
in northwestern China, a Communist Party-run newspaper reports.
The ban went into effect Monday in the city of Karamay, in the
country's restive northwestern Xinjiang region.
It applies to passengers who wear veils, large beards, as well as
three types of Islamic dresses -- including those with the star and
crescent symbol -- according to the Karamay Daily , a newspaper
affiliated to the Chinese Communist Party.
Dozens of public bus stations in the city will be manned by security
personnel to conduct checks.
Xinjiang attacks shifting to civilians
Veils will also fall under the
ban.
The bus ban is being touted as one of a number of a security
measures as the city hosts the 13th Xinjiang Sports Games, a large
event in the autonomous region, the paper said, citing the event's
organizing committee. The ban will be enforced through August 20,
when the Games come to an end.
Officials said those who violate the ban will be reported to the
police, the paper reported.
Uyghur rights groups have criticized the measure, calling it a "green-
light" for racism.
"Officials in Karamay city are endorsing an openly racist and
discriminatory policy aimed at ordinary Uyghur people," Uyghur
American Association president, Alim Seytoff said in a statement.
"The concern is officials feel they can flaunt the laws of China in
order to implement Xi Jinping's one year anti-terror campaign that
appears more and more to be a wholesale onslaught against the
Uyghur peoples' religious beliefs and practices.
"What this bus ban tells us is that Uyghurs in China have fewer
rights than other citizens, even in their homeland, and that it green-
lights discrimination against Uyghurs by ordinary Han Chinese."
Dozens of public bus stations in the city will be manned by security
personnel to conduct checks.
The ban on bus riders wearing beards and Islamic-style clothing
does not specifically single out Uyghurs, but its language clearly
points to them as potential targets of the restrictions.
It comes about a month after the Chinese authorities in the region
banned students and civil servants from fasting during Ramadan,
the Muslim holy month.
In recent years, the Xinjiang region has seen an uptick in violence
between Uyghurs and Han Chinese over economic and other issues.
Last week, nearly 100 people -- most of them "terrorists," according
to state media -- were killed in an attack in the region.
A total of 37 civilians died, and police "gunned down 59 terrorists,"
the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported, bringing the
death toll to 96.
There have been numerous attacks in the region, where tensions are
simmering between Uyghur Muslims, a Turkic people, and Chinese
Han people.
A Muslim separatist group founded by militant Uyghurs has been
blamed for terrorism in the area, the Council on Foreign Relations
explains.
Xinhua said the "mastermind" behind the attack last week "had
close connections with the terrorist organization," known as the
East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
Karamay is a resource-rich city of some 450,000 people located in
northwest Xinjiang, which has a dense Uyghur population.


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Dis is a welcome development and I think Nigeria shuld adopt this policy especially banning those women parading as masquerade in the public, gush many of them stink wit dat hijab.

a stitch in time saves nine

Islam has the world under siege.

Fantastic move kudos to CHINOS


ISLAM IS PISSS

Islam for muslims even the atheist are afraid of u. Dr Mazaje come and explain this wickednes to us.

nawao

Omexonomy: Islam for muslims even the atheist are afraid of u. Dr Mazaje come and explain this wickednes to us.

Which wickedness?. . .Didn't you read the report?. . .its a security measure aimed at checkmating the activities of terrorist. It will last only for a few weeks. . . .They are trying to protect the competition and stop terrorist from attacking during the period of the competition.

"A Muslim separatist group founded by militant Uyghurs has been
blamed for terrorism in the area, the Council on Foreign Relations
explains.
Xinhua said the "mastermind" behind the attack last week "had
close connections with the terrorist organization," known as the
East Turkestan Islamic Movement."

Good job, China. Say no to Bin Laden lookin' muffugus. Say NO to Batman, Spiderman or Darth Vadar costumes in public places.

Say yes, to every body showing their faces, and to NOBODY hiding their faces in the name of one deity or the other.