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Interesting culture integration. It is Christian for sure but people's hand sign doesn't look Christian. More like Buddhism/Hinduism.
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Interesting culture integration. It is Christian for sure but people's hand sign doesn't look Christian. More like Buddhism/Hinduism.
The same can be said for religious folks if you think hard about it.Atheist headstone inscription: "All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go"
I have seen Catholics with same hand sign while attending a wedding in a church which has more conservative tradition than others.Interesting culture integration. It is Christian for sure but people's hand sign doesn't look Christian. More like Buddhism/Hinduism.
why should i?You should be ashamed of yourselves. You sound just like Islamophobic Hindus. Grow up.
Chinese Muslims (mostly Hui, Uyghurs) are already Sinicized. Too late there.
They are Evangelical Christians which, by definition, is a cult.
I would be impressed when we Sinicize Judaism
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Not true at all. Nestorian church was established in the Tang dynasty. Christianity was in china even before Islam was conceived.
Ya make it a crime to preach n convert others.
And yes only dumb people believe in an 'almighty one' <===lmao rofl
Building worship places instead of commercial/industrial buildings. Only dumb n unproductive ppl would spend their money building unproductive worship places.
Only dumb people would spend their time praying n prostrating instead of engaging in productive work
LOL at Zionist propaganda. No, Israel is not allowed to use the dozen or so "Kaifeng Jews" as a fifth column against the Chinese state. Go cry about it at your wailing wall. If Kaifeng Jews were persecuted, they would not have survived for centuries in China given they never numbered more than a few dozen.
02/16/2019, 12.18
CHINA
Henan, Kaifeng Jews persecuted along with other religions
Kaifeng (AsiaNews) - The small Jewish community of Kaifeng (Henan) is suffering persecution along with all other religions in China.
In an article published yesterday in the "Jerusalem Post" [link], Lela Gilbert, a member of the Hudson Institute and author of several books on persecution, writes: "The harsh treatment of China’s miniscule Jewish population is emblematic of the Godless CCP’s massive suppression of religious faith. And the Kaifeng Jews’ vulnerability is both ominous and all-too-familiar to millions of Tibetan Buddhists, Uighur Muslims and Chinese Christians".
The Jewish community of Kaifeng has less than 1000 members, but it is subjected to heavy controls, police raids, obstacles of various kinds, especially after the February 2018 launch of new regulations on religious activities.
"During a raid - says Gilbert - government agents reportedly tore loose a metal Star of David from the entryway and tossed it on the floor. They ripped Hebrew scriptural quotations off the walls. They filled up a well that had served as a mikveh (ritual bath) with dirt and stones. And all foreign plans to build up and support the Jews of Kaifeng were summarily canceled.
The problem is that the Chinese government recognizes only five religious communities: Taoists, Buddhists, Muslims, Protestant Christians and Catholics. The other religions - including the Jewish one - are considered illegal and suffer a fate similar to that of the underground communities. In Henan, many Catholic and Protestant churches have been forced to close and prohibit entry for young people under 18.
The Jewish community of Kaifeng has a history dating back to the 10th century, when Jews from Persia arrived in China. The first synagogue in Kaifeng was built in 1163. After several events over the centuries, in recent years the community has succeeded in establishing relations with Jewish world and has created a small center of Jewish culture. Some benefactors are ready to support the reconstruction of the synagogue. But, since February, this project has been blocked.
Solomon2 comment: even though the Jewish population of China was always minuscule, I was shocked that the Chinese students I met in the U.S. knew the story of the Kaifeng Jews and the community's demise; apparently it was part of the State-sponsored narrative about how China absorbs minorities, invaders, etc.