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China respects the rights of Muslim Community

Mr. Brownback is an expert in rumor-mongering. His claim that China has imprisoned a large number of people for their religious beliefs, including a million Muslims in Xinjiang, is totally out of thin air and could not be farther from the truth

BEIJING, /DNA/ 7  China will continue to respect the freedom and religious rights of its minorities including million of Muslims, said a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Hua Chunying here at a regular news briefing.

The spokesperson was commenting on the reported statement of Samuel Brownback, the US State Department’s Ambassador at large for international religious freedom in which he had alleged that China continues to have a number of people imprisoned for their faith.

The spokesperson said, “Mr. Brownback is an expert in rumor-mongering. His claim that China has imprisoned a large number of people for their religious beliefs, including a million Muslims in Xinjiang, is totally out of thin air and could not be farther from the truth.

Through hard work, the Chinese people have achieved positive results in the fight against the pandemic, effectively safeguarded the health and safety of all Chinese people, including those who follow Islam, and made important contributions to global public health security.

This is universally acknowledged, but a handful of US politicians, such as Mr.Brownback, are simply unwilling or afraid to face up to the fact.

The Chinese government protects its citizens’ freedom of religious belief in accordance with law, and Chinese people of all ethnic groups enjoy full freedom of religious belief. There is no such thing as “religious prisoners” in China, let alone “a million Muslims from Xinjiang in detention”.

Meanwhile, as a country under the rule of law, China will never allow anyone to engage in illegal and criminal activities in the name of religion. At present, China has nearly 200 million religious believers, of whom more than 20 million are Muslims.

There are more than 380,000 clerical personnel, some 5,500 religious organizations and more than 140,000 venues for religious activities registered according to law. Xinjiang now has 24,400 mosques, one for every 530 Muslims. A few American and western politicians can repeat their lies a thousand times but it’s impossible to alter these facts.

Pandemics are a common challenge to mankind, regardless of national boundaries or ethnic groups. Only by working together can countries stand a chance to win the war. We urge Mr. Brownback and his like to stop manipulating political issues under the pretext of the pandemic, stop smearing China and undermining the cooperation between China and the US in fighting the pandemic, and instead focus on responding to the situation in the US and rescuing American lives.”






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