Authorities in Xinjiang province of China are confiscating the Quran from Muslims
According to reports from China's province Xinjiang, the Chinese authorities have ordered local Muslim population to submit all the religious items including Quran the holy book of Muslims and prayer mat to the authorities. According to Radio Free Asia, in the province where Muslims are mostly the resident of Okhur, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz generation, officials have announced in local mosques and palaces that residents should follow these orders immediately or otherwise Will be punished.
A person from Alta area near the border of Kazakhstan last Wednesday told that All the Qurans are being confiscated at the villages, towns and county level.
He said that there are Qurans and a prayer mats in almost every house in this area.
According to the World Og Congress spokesman, Diljit Rajat, the same information has been found from Kashgar, Hunan and other areas since last week.
He said that he received the notification that every Uyghur would have to submit all the items related to Islam. He also said that the police is doing these announcements on social media platform we chat.
At the beginning of this year, authorities in Xinjiang had confiscated all the Quran which was printed more than five years ago, saying that they could be 'extremist material'.
According to the information, under the campaign "Three Illegals and One Item", the holy book of Muslims prohibits all religious acts and potential terrorist devices, such as remote control toys, big knives and volcanic materials, including Quran Had baned.
