Analysis of the attitude of governments in favor and against of Chinese government policies towards Xinjiang Muslims

Document Type : Research Paper

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Associate Professor, Department of Public Law, Payam-e Noor University, Tehran, Iran

10.22081/psq.2021.58399.2423

Abstract

Since the occupation of Xinjiang by the Manchu Empire and its formal annexation in 1949 by Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese revolution, many challenges and tensions have arisen between the government and the Muslims of the autonomous region. The fight against the three demons, namely the fight against terrorism, extremism and separatism, has increased since 2014. Therefore, within the framework of the mentioned plan, by adopting the policy of restricting the rights of the Muslim minority in this region, the government established ideological and political retraining camps, which faced a global reflection of the pros and cons. The purpose of this study is to investigate the practice of governments for and against the Chinese government plan, which has been done using a descriptive-analytical method. The results of the study show that the Chinese government has covered up and abused the rights of the Xinjiang Muslim minority by covering up and abusing the global anti-terrorism plan; The countries that support the plan, in order to maintain their ties and interests with China, while supporting the plan, see it as protecting the rights of Muslims, increasing security and reducing terrorism. Opposition groups, on the other hand, argue that the Chinese government's policy of reducing terrorist activity has led to blatant violations of human rights and the rights of Muslim minorities, especially the Uighurs.

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Article Title [العربیة]

تحلیل موقف الحکومات المؤیّدة والمعارضة لسیاسات الحکومة الصینیة تجاه مسلمی شنغیانغ

Abstract [العربیة]

منذ احتلال إمبراطوریة المانشو لشنغیانغ وضمّها رسمیّاً فی عام ١٩٤٩ من قبل ماو تسی تونغ زعیم الثورة الصینیة، نشأت تحدّیات وتوتّرات کثیرة بین الحکومة والمسلمین فی هذه المنطقة المتمتّعة بالحکم الذاتی، وازدادت بعد ذلک فی إطار قیام الحکومة الصینیة بمحاربة الشیاطین الثلاثة أی مکافحة الإرهاب والتطرّف والانفصال. لذلک أنشأت الحکومة، فی إطار الخطّة المذکورة ومن خلال تبنّی سیاسة تقیید حقوق الأقلّیة المسلمة فی هذه المنطقة، مخیّمات إعادة التأهیل عقدیّاً وسیاسیاً حیث لقیت انعکاساً عالمیاً بین مؤیّدین ورافضین. یهدف البحث الراهن إلى استعراض تدابیر الحکومات المؤیّدة والرافضة بالنسبة إلى خطّة الحکومة الصینیة، وقد أُنجز البحث باستخدام المنهج الوصفی والتحلیلی. أظهرت نتائج البحث أنّ الحکومة الصینیة ارتکبت انتهاکات لحقوق الأقلّیة المسلمة فی شنغیانغ وذلک تحت غطاء الخطّة العالمیة لمکافحة الإرهاب وباستغلالها. أما الدول المؤیّدة فترى، فی الوقت الذی تدعم الخطّة فیه، أنّ الخطّة تکفل حقوق المسلمین وتعزّز الأمن وتحدّ من الإرهاب، وذلک حفاظاً منها على علاقاتها ومصالحها مع الصین. بینما ترى الدول الرافضة أنّ السیاسة المتبعة من قبل الحکومة الصینیة تؤدّی، فی الوقت الذی تحدّ من الأنشطة الإرهابیة، إلى انتهاکات صارخة لحقوق الإنسان وحقوق الأقلّیات المسلمة وخاصة الأویغور.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الإرهاب
  • مسلمو الصین
  • شنغیانغ
  • الأویغور
  • الأقلّیات الدینیة

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Political Science
Volume 24, Issue 94
July 2021
Pages 147-168

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