CHINA: Praying for the Uyghurs

Source: Frontiers USA, September 10, 2018

In August 2016, Xinjiang’s newly-appointed Communist party secretary began instituting hardline policies and passing regulations to strip Uyghurs of even the most basic religious rights and cultural freedoms. Long beards and face veils are now prohibited. Even the act of praying raises suspicion.

In recent crackdowns, as many as one million Uyghurs have been detained. They’re sent to mass internment camps—heavily guarded centers with fortified doors and barbed wire. Inside the internment camps, detainees must withstand unhealthy living conditions, poor nutrition, violence, and torture.

The Communist regime denies the existence of internment camps. Officials insist they’re political education centers, established to fight against religious extremism and terrorism.

Critics, however, say the camps reflect a state policy of cultural genocide and an attempt to erase the cultural identity of 12-15 million Uyghurs.

We praise God for the hundreds of Uyghurs who—in the midst of a living hell—have found eternal hope in Jesus Christ and have placed their faith in him. These faithful believers are suffering.

Please join us in praying for the Uyghurs.

» Read full story. Readers might also appreciate Bob Blincoe’s short but stirring article about what our Spanish-speaking friends call los pueblos abandonados, the abandoned (or unreached) peoples.

» Justin Long’s recent weekly roundups include many links to informative stories about events in China. Take a look.

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