seeing features of Islamic architecture as "un-Chinese" or insisting they must be "sinicized" is based on a fundamentally flawed & ahistorical understanding of Chineseness... ignores over a thousand years of cultural exchanges & the diverse history of Islamic culture in China

Clarification from Home Office that the £38,000 income threshold for UK citizens wishing to bring a spouse applies to "the income from the UK-based partner" NOT joint income. Concern this effectively means only those among the top 25% of earners can afford to marry a foreigner

I'm directly affected by the increase in salary requirement for sponsoring a partner; this change may yet force me and my partner to give up everything we've worked for over the past few years and move overseas. Please sign.

In this op-ed, Ruslan Yusupov revisits the painful history of the recently 'renovated' Laohuasi mosque in Linxia, Gansu Province, to illustrate the precarious condition of organised religion in a totalising state. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/01/18/sin…

“Prove Your Love for the Party”: Hui Muslims Submitted to “Patriotic Education” bitterwinter.org/prove-your-lov… The Guidelines instructing religious communities to implement the Patriotic Education Law and increase CCP propaganda were immediately enforced.

Recorded roundtable discussion on the #transnationalrepression of the Uyghur diaspora 👇 Thank you to Human Rights Foundation (HRF) for hosting and to Yalkun Uluyol and Rushan Abbas for their deep insights. #China #CCP #Uyghurs youtu.be/gos9hz8FJuc?si…

Excl: China’s last major mosque to have retained Arab-style features has now lost its domes, a major moment in Beijing’s Sinification of Islam policy⁩ With ⁦Elena Morresi⁩ theguardian.com/world/article/…

An update on the sinicization of Islam in China: how it targets the Hui kids and tests Xinjiang style surveillance in the Hui areas. foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/17/chi…

i cannot stop thinking about Alan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian refugee who washed up dead on a beach in Turkey. the promise of life is not a red carpet, it is a basic right and a human dignity.

I can't quite believe it...years after leaving our Asia team, and months after stepping down from my job at the FT to stand for Parliament – my team and I win a SOPA Award 🥲 Do read the original story (link below) on China's erasure of Islam!

BREAKING: This. Is. Huge. We have resoundingly WON our appeal with World Uyghur Congress against the National Crime Agency (NCA) - and this decision will have massive consequences for high street retail giants trading and importing forced labour goods. 1/

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The UN has not yet acted on its own report findings. The CCP is using "engagement" to alleviate pressure to stop committing crimes against humanity. #China #Uyghurs #HumanRights