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rug

(82,333 posts)
Fri May 6, 2016, 11:04 AM May 2016

Child recites Quran, Chinese govt orders religion out of school (VIDEO)

by Asian Correspondent Staff | 6th May 2016 | @ascorrespondent

A LARGELY Muslim province in China has demanded strict adherence to the government’s ban on religion in schools after a video of a kindergarterner reciting Quranic verses was circulated online.

The provincial government in the northwestern province of Gansu emphasized the communist government’s official atheistic rules, which strictly forbid religion in public schools at all levels.

Gansu’s government said the rules were put in place to protect the children of China.

The video features an unidentified girl wearing a black hijab on her head, inside a classroom with other students donning hijabs and skullcaps.

https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/05/china-religion-schools-video/


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Jim__

(14,078 posts)
1. I expect that the same thing would happen in the US if a kindergartner were reciting Quranic ...
Fri May 6, 2016, 11:28 AM
May 2016

... verses in a public school class.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
4. How do you feel about this policy>
Fri May 6, 2016, 06:26 PM
May 2016
China also enforces tight restrictions on religious participation by young people outside of school, particularly in some distinctive western regions where Islam and Tibetan Buddhism are widely practiced.

katsy

(4,246 posts)
5. My reply stands for this OP
Fri May 6, 2016, 09:26 PM
May 2016

Specifically, it is appropriate to keep religion out of public schools, period.

katsy

(4,246 posts)
7. Just not enough info for me to comment.
Fri May 6, 2016, 09:45 PM
May 2016

I'm not familiar with Chinese policy towards religion outside keeping religion out of schools.

Interesting topic.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
8. I need more info about what kind of school this is, and how it's funded.
Fri May 6, 2016, 09:48 PM
May 2016

Either way, I don't think it's analagous to U.S. schools and the First Amendment.

katsy

(4,246 posts)
9. From you article:
Fri May 6, 2016, 09:55 PM
May 2016

"The only institutions excepted from the ban are schools founded by religious organisations, and certain colleges and research institutes responsible for religious education and the study of the subject."



So, the ban was in a public school.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
10. Here's my question: Since the children are all wearing religious garb, is this a religious school?
Fri May 6, 2016, 10:00 PM
May 2016

Second question: if so, who fnds it?

Third question: if it is a religious school, regardless of the funding, should the government bar reciting the Quran?

The answers are clear to me in the U.S., but it's not clear to me in China.

katsy

(4,246 posts)
11. Did you not read the article or the snip I just pointed out?
Fri May 6, 2016, 10:19 PM
May 2016

This was a public school.

Exemptions are made for private religious institutions.

Not clear?

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
3. I can't tell what kind of school this is. All the children appear to be wearing religious garb.
Fri May 6, 2016, 03:29 PM
May 2016

I wonder if China has a watered down version of the British system where the state supports private religious schools.

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