Ramadan is holy, not for rumour about Xinjiang

In Islam, Ramadan is a holy month when Prophet Muhammad is said to have received the Quran to guide believers. To commemorate the occasion, Muslims are required to fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. Throughout their more than 1,400-year history, Muslims have tried to overcome the lure of worldly pleasures during Ramadan to seek inner peace by following the path of Islam.

But recent years have seen religious extremists and separatists using Ramadan to create trouble to further their agenda. They have been fabricating stories about Muslims in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region having conflicts with the local government over fasting, and spreading lies such as "Xinjiang bans Muslims from fasting and holding religious ceremonies during Ramadan" is part of their evil plan.

The fact is that long before Ramadan, the Xinjiang local government held meetings to curb interventions in the religious activities of Muslims.