The Muslim festival of Ramadan began Monday, which in China means stepped up repression in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, home to 10 million Uighur Muslims. In Thailand, meanwhile, Uighur ...

KASHGAR, China (AP) — Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he's fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity ...

In the run-up to Ramadan this year, the government published a white paper hailing “unprecedented” levels of religious freedom in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, which is home to China ...

For Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time for fasting, praying, charity work and providing community assistance. In China, as Muslims mark the holiday from March 10 to April 9, restrictions ...

BEIJING – Students and civil servants in China's Muslim northwest, where Beijing is enforcing a security crackdown following deadly unrest, have been ordered to avoid taking part in traditional ...

Ramadan in China Chinese Muslims in Beijing celebrate the arrival of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. By REUTERS AUGUST 2, 2011 12:18 ...

Ramadan is not banned anywhere else in China. The underlying issue is that Beijing is so paranoid that the Uighurs would unite and demand independence from the Chinese government, ...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the Chinese government on Thursday after reports surfaced that it has been spying on Muslim Uyghurs to keep them from fasting during Ramadan.

Daytime fasting during Ramadan is a fundamental practice in Islam, observed by Muslims worldwide. However, China has long banned fasting in Xinjiang as part of broader restrictions on religious ...

Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he's fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not ...