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Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of religious belief. No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion. The state protects normal religious activities.
Article 36 of the Chinese constitution explicitly deals with religious affairs. It states: "The People's Republic of China has freedom of faith and religion. No state organization, social group or individual may force a citizen to accept or not to accept a religious faith, nor can they discriminate against either religious or non-religious ...
Benzhuism (本主教Běnzhǔjiào, "religion of the patrons") is the indigenous religion of the Bai people, an ethnic group of Yunnan. It consists in the worship of the ngel zex, Bai word for "patrons" or "source lords", rendered as benzhu (本主) in Chinese. They are local gods and deified ancestors of the Bai nation.
The Cemetery of Confucius was attacked by Red Guards in November 1966. [1] [2] Falun Gong books are destroyed following announcement of the ban in 1999.Antireligious campaigns in China are a series of policies and practices taken as part of the Chinese Communist Party's official promotion of state atheism, coupled with its persecution of people with spiritual or religious beliefs, in the ...
Max Hauptman, USA TODAY. Updated September 18, 2024 at 7:45 AM. After nearly two decades, an American pastor detained in China has been released and returned to the United States, officials ...
Religion in China (CFPS 2014) [1][2][note 1] Chinese folk religion / unaffiliated (73.56%) Buddhism (15.87%) Other religious organisations, including folk sects and the Taoist Church [note 2] (7.6%) Christianity (2.53%) Islam [note 3] (0.45%) China has the world's largest irreligious population, [3] and the Chinese government and the ruling ...
A Theravada Buddhist monk speaking with a Catholic priest, Thailand. The status of religious freedom around the world varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non ...
Republic of China. The Hui Muslim community was divided in its support for the Xinhai Revolution (1911-1912). The Hui Muslims of Shaanxi supported the revolutionaries and the Hui Muslims of Gansu supported the Qing. The native Hui Muslims (Mohammedans) of Xi'an (Shaanxi province) joined the Han Chinese revolutionaries in slaughtering the entire ...