China's reinterpretation of the Quran has been controversial, and observers say the move is a sign of China's increasing interference with religious norms through the sinicization of Islam.
According to VOA today, authorities in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have confiscated old copies of the Qur'an and began to distribute a revised (corrupted) version. Earlier, the Chinese Islamic Society held a seminar on the publication of a book entitled "Excerpts and Commentaries of the Qur'an." It attracted the close attention of Muslims outside and led to a heated debate.
On October 29, the meeting held by the Islamic Society of China was presided over by Chen Ruifeng, Vice Minister of the Central Committee of China's Central Committee and Head of China's Religious Affairs Bureau. In his speech, Chen Ruifeng promoted the policy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to adapt the content of the Holy Quran to Chinese society.
"The release of the Chinese version of the book (Excerpts and Explanations of the Qur'an) is an important step in the sinicization of Islam and aims to further integrate Islam into the cultural environment and legal system of Chinese society by strengthening Islamic religious education and administration."
The meeting decided that the so-called "Qur'an Excerpts and Commentaries" would be used as prescribed teaching material in Islamic colleges, thereby standardizing religious education and promoting the adaptation of Islam to the needs of modern society.
It turns out that different interpretations have emerged regarding the publication of the so-called "Qur'an Excerpts and Commentaries" in Chinese, published by China with the evil aim of sinicizing Islam.
The Islamic Society of China states that this book is an important achievement in the sinicization of Islam. It aims to promote local research on Islam by providing religious guidance to Muslims in China, helping Muslim believers understand the content of religious classics through commentaries, and serving as educational guidance and religious education. Muslim scholars and commentators living abroad believe that China's move may be an attempt by the Chinese Communist Party authorities to destroy Islamic principles in the name of "adapting the core content and interpretation of Islam to Chinese society."
Indeed, in recent years, China, which is committing genocide against Muslims in East Turkistan, has formulated and enforced so-called related laws to suppress and destroy Islam and the Uyghurs who believe in it. In the process, China is rapidly implementing its anti-Islamic terror policy with the so-called "sinicization of Islam" and "adaptation of religion to socialism." According to China's anti-Islam plan, nearly 16,000 mosques have been destroyed or vandalized so far. Some of the remaining mosques were converted into bars and teahouses, and all activities related to religion were completely banned, and the people were forced to completely abandon Islam. Currently, the Chinese authorities have started to implement the same anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim terror policy against the Tungan Muslims living in China as they did against the East Turkistan Muslims a few years ago.
However, in order to hide the crimes of genocide and anti-Islam terror policy that China is carrying out in East Turkistan from the international community, especially from the Islamic world, it has invited foreign nationals under various names to "visit" fake scenes and fields in East Turkistan, and the people's religious and national identity is completely protected. It claims that religious freedom is fully guaranteed.