stupid government catering to muslims.
@TaiShang
i'm beginning to hate the CCP.
That's quite a demonstration of a lack of forward-thinking.
Radicalization-extremism starts with such baby steps as little cute religious freedoms. What is more bothersome than the initiative to turn an entire city into a Middle Eastern-street is the inclusion of foreign (Gulf theocracies) money and interests.
This may prove to be explosive. Beijing, instead of creating its own version of Islam or Christianity, must slowly and silently choke organized religions and squeeze them out of the mainstream public life and aggressively promote the national culture and secular life.
These religious extremists will keep demanding more; you give a hand, they will demand the arm and then the entire body.
I am surprised at the naivety of the (local) government. It is not that Middle Eastern religions (Islam, Christianity) are that dominant in mainstream culture, but, to be proactive in preventing spead of toxic religious ideas is important.
I know for fact most Hui people are rather secular and adopt modern mainstream lifestyle and do not let religion take over their public life. I have Hui colleagues in Mainland who are CCP members. It must stay this way.
But, it is for sure that the more Gulf money is involved, radicalism will ensue disguised as religious freedom. KSA, for that matter, is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and even the US is coming to recognize that as it is. China cannot fall into the same trap like Europeans or the US.
Nevertheless, CCP is still the best government out there.
