Xinjiang’s top Communist Party official, Ma Xingrui, said on that the “Sinicisation” of Islam in the Muslim-majority region in northwestern China is “inevitable”. “Everyone knows that Islam in Xinjiang needs to be Sinicised, this is an inevitable trend,” regional party chief Ma Xingrui told reporters at a largely scripted briefing on the sidelines of China’s annual parliamentary sessions in Beijing. Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in Xinjiang, including denying Uyghurs full religious freedoms, allegations that Beijing vigorously denies. Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly called for […] #Asia Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/islam-in-xinjiang-needs-to-be-sinicised-says-regional-ccp-chief/?feed_id=9923