The world is swirling with slaughter and persecution of religious minorities. comment. The Islamic Prophet Muhammad tried to spread the teachings of the Bible of the Christian Bible to all over the world, including Arab countries, and made a mistake by word of mouth in the Qur'an, so to keep the accurate and faithful teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. In addition, I think it is better for all Muslims to convert to Christianity because there will be no conflicts or wars and trade will be smoother. I think it would be better to incorporate Japanese-style Buddhism in temples and Shinto and Ko-Shintō in shrines with a hybrid Japanese feel.

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by  Kat J Karpana Jane , Senior Religious and Ethics Editorial Writer at The Conversation , an

academic news site, raises five of the most serious problems of violence and persecution faced by religious minorities around the world. It is summarized. Religious minorities around the world face an uncertain future: 5 essential reads https://theconversation.com/religious-minorities-around-the-world-face-an-uncertain-future-5-essential-reads-128895

◆ 1: Persecution of Uighurs
in China It is known that the Chinese government has persecuted the residents of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region , mainly Muslims, but the concentration camps have expanded rapidly in recent years . Has been clarified. According to Jane, more than one million people have been detained in these internment camps.

Moreover, the persecution by the Chinese government is not only intensifying, but is changing to technology-based ones. Darren Byler, an anthropologist at the University of Washington who is familiar with the Uighur issue, said, "Since the Chinese government started monitoring the Chinese messenger app WeChat in 2016, DNA collection from all the residents of the region and high We have begun collecting biometric information such as interception of accurate voice communications and face scanning. "

In the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Region, located in the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is reported that it is forced to install a "surveillance app" on its smartphone.

Government in China forces residents to install "surveillance app" on smartphones-GIGAZINE

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◆ 2: Violent crackdown on Christians in Sri Lanka
On April 21, 2019, suicide bombings occurred one after another in multiple areas including Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka . It was a catastrophe that killed more than 259 people, including one Japanese. The terrorism was primarily aimed at the Christian church, and the Christian church on the day of the incident was packed with many Christians gathered to celebrate Easter .

Investigators in Sri Lanka have identified nine people from the Islamic extremist group National Thowheeth Jamaa as perpetrators of the suicide bombing . It has been pointed out that there was a fierce conflict among Christians, who accounted for about 7%. Also, according to Matthew Schmalz, a professor of religion at the University of Holy Cross in Massachusetts, Christians in Sri Lanka are exposed not only to Muslims but also to the newly born radical Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena. It is said that there is.

◆ 3: Movement to eliminate Islam in
India In August 2019, the national registry , which is the basis of citizen registration, was held in Assam, India.The system was launched and about 30.5 million people were eligible for registration, but about 1.9 million were excluded from the register as "foreigners". According to Haimanti Roy, who studies South Asian history and politics at the University of Dayton, Ohio, the majority of the excluded are "women, lower caste graduates, the poor, and religious minorities." It was.

In addition, the Government of India enacted a revised Citizenship Law on December 10 aimed at giving priority to religious minorities who have fled the crackdown in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc. It includes Hindus, Christians, and other religious minorities, but excludes Muslims. Citizens, mainly student organizations, are fiercely opposed to the Indian government's decision to exclude Muslims from the bailout of the new law, and deaths due to excessive police suppression are all over India. It is estimated that there are a total of 27 people.

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◆ 4: Crisis of Christians
in Turkey According to Ramazan Kilinc, a political scientist at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Christians in Turkey have often been exposed to discrimination since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 . This trend was exacerbated when Recep Tayyip Erdogan became president in 2014, gaining popularity due to populist policies that pushed Islamic and popularism to the fore .

As a result, Christians, who made up 25% of the population in Turkey in 1914, have fallen to less than 0.5% in 2019 . According to Kilinc, conspiracy theories against non-Islams are swirling in Turkey, and Christians are seen as "existence that undermines the Turkish identity through foreign cooperation."

◆ 5: Genocide for
Rohingya Rohingya are people who live in Rakhine State, Myanmar, and mainly believe in Islam. However, in Myanmar, where the majority of Buddhists are, the mainstream view is that the Rohingya are not their own citizens but "illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh", and in 2017, the Myanmar army wiped out the Rohingya on a large scale. Was carried out. In particular, it has been reported that 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the battle that occurred in August 2017, giving the appearance of genocide .

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response to these crackdowns, some Rohingya have formed an armed rebel organization called the Arakan Rohingya Rescue Force (ARSA) to engage in terrorist acts, and many Rohingya have been involved in terrorist acts such as Bangladesh to escape the war. I evacuated to and became a refugee.

Rubayat Jesmin, an economist at Binghamton University in New York, who studies the Rohingya refugee issue, said of his visit to a refugee camp in Bangladesh in July 2019, `` unsanitary, food and daily necessities are inadequate. We are also faced with the rain, cold and landslides that Monsoon brings every day, "he said , complaining about the plight of refugees.

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