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China's Repression of Muslim Minorities grows', says US,

Islam and Human Rights
China's Repression of Muslim Minorities grows', says US
Repression of religious freedom in some parts of China has intensified over the past year, the US government says.
September 19, 2008

The state department's annual report on religious freedom around the world criticised Beijing's actions in remote Xinjiang province and Tibetan areas.

Iran, Burma, Egypt and North Korea were all singled out for criticism, along with nations regarded as more tolerant such as Jordan and Algeria.

The report noted some improvements in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.

Presenting the document, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said religious freedom was "at the core of our nation".

"The United States rejects actions that are offensive to particular religious traditions, but we do not condone the prohibition of free speech. That only weakens societies," she said.

She was particularly critical of attempts to outlaw criticism of religions under a principle known as "defamation of religions", which has been championed in the UN by Islamic countries.

"Instead of protecting religious practice and promoting tolerance, this concept seeks to limit freedom of speech and that could undermine the standards of international religious freedom," she said.

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