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(82,333 posts) Fri May 6, 2016, 10:04 AM May 2016

Child recites Quran, Chinese govt orders religion out of school (VIDEO) [View all]

by Asian Correspondent Staff | 6th May 2016 | @ascorrespondent

A LARGELY Muslim province in China has demanded strict adherence to the government’s ban on religion in schools after a video of a kindergarterner reciting Quranic verses was circulated online.

The provincial government in the northwestern province of Gansu emphasized the communist government’s official atheistic rules, which strictly forbid religion in public schools at all levels.

Gansu’s government said the rules were put in place to protect the children of China.

The video features an unidentified girl wearing a black hijab on her head, inside a classroom with other students donning hijabs and skullcaps.

https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/05/china-religion-schools-video/

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Child recites Quran, Chinese govt orders religion out of school (VIDEO) [View all] rug May 2016 OP

I expect that the same thing would happen in the US if a kindergartner were reciting Quranic ... Jim__ May 2016 #1

And rightly so. nt katsy May 2016 #2

How do you feel about this policy> rug May 2016 #4

My reply stands for this OP katsy May 2016 #5

That is in the OP. rug May 2016 #6

Just not enough info for me to comment. katsy May 2016 #7

I need more info about what kind of school this is, and how it's funded. rug May 2016 #8

From you article: katsy May 2016 #9

Here's my question: Since the children are all wearing religious garb, is this a religious school? rug May 2016 #10

Did you not read the article or the snip I just pointed out? katsy May 2016 #11

I can't tell what kind of school this is. All the children appear to be wearing religious garb. rug May 2016 #3