Monday, December 23, 2019

Muslim Persecution in Xinchiang Province of China

I have been asked through official ways to see what I can do to alleviate the suffering of Muslims in China.

The final resolution to the situation is for Muslim theologians to get together and revise their sacred texts so that caliphates are not perceived by governments as a threat to their secular existence.  It is certainly the case anyway that the caliphate is a spiritual entity uniting Muslims in a given area, whether that area is identified with geographical locations.

Yemen and other areas in the Middle East are still battle zones among warring factions of Sunnais, Shia' and other sects in spite of the Muslim desire and call for peace.  The condition is well-recognized within the Muslim faith:  the caliphate system of Muslim organization is at odds with the political divisions of legally governing national structures extant globally.

What I can do may be minimal.  In China, the tribal roots are very deep.  Any changes in the way Muslims are treated must be handled through the several provinces individually.  The President of China handles international affairs of the nation bound together by the provincial ties of allegiance to cooperate yet to preserve the traditional respect for each provincial's authority at national and regional levels.

You may be interested to know that Chinese people I know well have convinced me that Christianity, dating back some 2000 years, is in desperate need of  updating; and I am already working on this project--inspired by their attempts to reach out and permit the existence of non-home-grown religions on their soil, yet finding them sorely lacking to speak in cogent terms of relevancy to their people!  Nevertheless, be it recognized that Confucianism has become, over the Centuries. a cultural part ingrained in their daily living--losing somewhat a religious character by being thusly transformed.   

No comments: