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Officials in Xinjiang will deny benefits to children with certain Islamic or Islam-related names:
Many couples fret over choosing the perfect name for their newborn, but for Muslims in western China that decision has now become even more fraught: pick the wrong name and your child will be denied education and government benefits.
Officials in the western region of Xinjiang, home to roughly half of China's 23 million Muslims, have released a list of banned baby names amid an ongoing crackdown on religion, according to a report by US-funded Radio Free Asia.
Names such as Islam, Quran, Saddam and Mecca, as well as references to the star and crescent moon symbol, are all unacceptable to the ruling Communist party and children with those names will be denied household registration, a crucial document that grants access to social services, healthcare and education.
Muhammad, Jihad, Medina, Mujahid, Arafat, Imam, Hajj, and Yultuzay are also banned.
Also at NYT. Reuters story about other restrictions that went into effect on April 1st.
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(Score: 2) by Sulla on Saturday April 29 2017, @10:40PM (2 children)
I don't recall those living in our various Chinatowns or Little Italies participating in honor killings.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:31PM (1 child)
I don't recall those living in our various Chinatowns or Little Italies participating in honor killings.
Again, your historical illiteracy is proof of nothing beyond your ignorance.
Families have been killing their own kids for being gay for centuries.
Men have been killing women for cheating on them since forever too.
Especially when the woman hooks up with a black man. [woldcnews.com]
Honor killing is still on the books as a legal defense in some states.
It was successfully used in a Georiga state court just a couple of years ago. [ajc.com]
So don't give me this shit about honor killing being unique to muslims. If anything, muslims in american have much lower rates of violent crime than native born whites. Out of a couple of million american muslims how many have committed and honor killing? Like maybe 3? If you think 3 out of 3 million is a meaningful number you aren't just illiterate, you are a fucking innumerate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:40PM
fuck muslims and their goat fucking, child molesting profit.