China's President Xi Jinping gestures as he attends a variety show in Macau earlier this month. A Chinese official stressed in November that religious authorities must follow President Xi's instructions and interpret the ideologies of different religions in accordance with 'the core values of Socialism' and 'the requirements of the era'
Daily Mail: China will rewrite the Bible and the Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on Muslim Uighur minority
* Beijing said all translated classic religious books should be 're-evaluated'
* The new editions must not contain any content that contradicts socialism
* Paragraphs deemed wrong by censors will be amended or re-translated
* Comes as China faces widespread criticism over its policy against Muslims
hina will rewrite the Bible and Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on the country's religious groups, a report has revealed.
New editions must not contain any content that goes against the beliefs of the Communist Party, according to a top party official. Paragraphs deemed wrong by the censors will be amended or re-translated.
Though the Bible and Quran were not mentioned specifically, the party called for a 'comprehensive evaluation of the existing religious classics aiming at contents which do not conform to the progress of the times'.
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WNU Editor: This is a new tactic. Before they would tried to ban religious texts, and it failed. Now they want to rewrite them.
