Warning Over Religious Believers in Chinese Communist Party Ranks [View all]

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2015-05-25

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has warned that any of its members who harbor religious beliefs or take part in religious activities could become the targets of its powerful disciplinary arm.

In an opinion article published at the weekend, the newsletter of the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said the problem of religious believers within party ranks is "attracting serious concern."

"The fact that a small number of party members have forsaken the party's world view of dialectical materialism and have turned to religion is now attracting serious concern, to the extent that it now falls within the purview of disciplinary work," the article, published on Sunday, said.

"Marx himself stated baldly that communism, in essence, begins with atheism," the China Discipline Inspection Report article said.

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