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  • Group of 130 Imams Condemn London Bridge Attacks, Refuse To Perform Funeral Rites

    Group of 130 Imams Condemn London Bridge Attacks, Refuse To Perform Funeral Rites

    A group of 130 imams and religious leaders have refused to perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer for the London Bridge attackers.

    The leaders said they would not carry out the ritual that is normally performed for every Muslim, regardless of their actions.

    In a statement on social media, the group said: “Consequently, and in light of other such ethical principles which are quintessential to Islam, we will not perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer over the perpetrators and we also urge fellow imams and religious authorities to withdraw such a privilege.

    The statement added: “This is because such indefensible actions are completely at odds with the lofty teachings of Islam.”

    Religious leaders of all backgrounds have condemned the attack which killed seven and injured 47 on Saturday evening when three men rammed a rental van into pedestrians then randomly stabbed revellers in bars and restaurants near Borough Market.

    A panel of speakers at the East London Mosque said they would work to combat extremists’ “twisted narrative and their perversion” of religion.

     

    Source: www.independent.co.uk

  • Imams In Xinjiang Forced To Swear That They Will Not Teach Religion To Children

    Imams In Xinjiang Forced To Swear That They Will Not Teach Religion To Children

    URUMQI – In another crackdown on religious freedoms, China has forced the imams of eastern Muslim majority district of Xinjiang to dance in the street, and swear to an oath that they will not teach religion to children as well telling them that prayer is harmful to the soul.

    During the incident, reported by World Bulletin on Monday, February 9, Muslim imams were forced to brandish the slogan that “our income comes from the CKP not from Allah”.

    State Chinese news said the imams were gathering in a square in the name of civilization where they were forced to dance and chant out slogans in support of the state.

    They also gave speeches telling youth to stay away from mosques, and that the prayer was harmful to their health, encouraging them to dance instead.The slogans included statements glorifying the state over religion such as ‘peace of the country gives peace to the soul’.

    Female teachers were instructed to teach children to stay away from religious education and made to swear an oath that they will keep children away from religion.

    Uighur Muslims are a Turkish-speaking minority of eight million in the northwestern Xinjiang region.

    Xinjiang, which activists call East Turkestan, has been autonomous since 1955 but continues to be the subject of massive security crackdowns by Chinese authorities.

    Rights groups accuse Chinese authorities of religious repression against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang in the name of counter terrorism.

    Last November, Xinjiang banned the practicing of religion in government buildings, as well as wearing clothes or logos associated with religious extremism.

    In August, the northern Xinjiang city of Karamay prohibited young men with beards and women in burqas or hijabs from boarding public buses.

    Earlier in July, China banned students and government staff from observing Ramadan fasting, as officials tried to encourage locals in Xinjiang not to wear Islamic veils.

     

    Source: www.onislam.net