Christians face harassment and disruption in Beijing crackdown on religion, US government agency reports

In their effort to “exert total control” over religion and to “sinicise” Catholic and Protestant Christianity, the authorities have “ordered the removal of crosses from churches [and] replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping,” the report said.

The report concluded that “every facet of religious life for Buddhists, Catholics and Protestant Christians, Muslims, and Taoists” was facing pressure to incorporate CCP ideology, and religious elements considered contradictory to the state’s political agenda were being eradicated.

  • lorty@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1319·
    3 months ago

    Good thing all the sources are from US based institutions and NGOs. Must mean they are completely factual and unbiased.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1210·
      3 months ago

      First that’s attacking the messenger not the message. Cope. Second seeing how ML rely on information disproven nearly 100 years ago. And how ML state media is worse than western media on every metric. A true accomplishment! It’s an especially sad and hilarious tactic.

      • cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        So if a known liar makes an unfalsifiable claim you think people should just take it as fact? That’s absurd.