Dar El-Eftaa condemns Chinese authorities for banning the “Azan”

Nourhan Elsebahy
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The Islamophobia Observatory of Dar El-Eftaa condemns the Chinese authorities’ decision of preventing the “Azan” (the call to prayers for Muslims, usually via microphones in mosques) and preventing children from entering mosques in Xinjiang Chinese territory.

The observatory said in a statement released Monday that the Chinese authorities action is considered to be a strong insult to the Muslim community in China, with more than 120 million Muslims there.

The statement noted that the recent Chinese measures against Muslims leads to deepening feelings of hatred and discrimination. They would also develop a generation of suppressed Muslim children who are sidelined from the Chinese community.

Press reports described the recent measures as racist arbitrary measures imposed by Chinese authorities against Muslims in China. That includes imposing limitations on the movement of Muslim workers, triggering huge losses in local agriculture. Add to arresting muslins under the pretext of protecting public security from potential terrorism threats.

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Nourhan El-Sebahy is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. Just before joining DNE’s staff, she was working as a journalist at El-Watan newspaper “an Egyptian daily independent newspaper”. She holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and Mass Communication from the American University in Cairo (AUC). She was awarded by Certificate of honor on the Fourth Scientific Day Celebration in 2013 and Graduate Student’s honor at AUC in 2012.