Islam as decolonial re-existence vs. PRC institutionalized Islamophobia

  1. Olivieri, Chiara 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revista:
Revista de Paz y Conflictos

ISSN: 1988-7221

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 12

Número: 2

Páginas: 35-55

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.30827/REVPAZ.V12I2.9808 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Paz y Conflictos

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Resumen

The Uyghur population is mired in constant conflict with the authorities of the Chinese central government. This is due to the participation of part of the population –especially younger people- in local organizations associated with Islamic terrorism and often-violent activities that these groups perform against the State. Islam (such as laws, customs, and demonstrations) is the element that the PRC instrumentally employs in legitimating its violent and restrictive policies against the Uyghur people, in order to maintain its power over the territory and its natural resources. This is also done while publicly presenting the measures as “War on Terror” and “Modernization” of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. In the framework of decolonial studies, this research provides a detailed overview of the current religious colonialism of the PRC, and how religion and “War on Terror” became State tools of political repression. On the other hand, it aims to present Uyghurs’ territorial religious manifestations as one re-existence instrument, in opposition to the epistemicides that Beijing is committing.

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This article is part of the research group STAND (South Training Action Network of 1 Decoloniality; Reference: HUM-952; Principal Researcher: Antonio Ortega Santos). It is included in the framework of the I+D+i projects by the State Program for the Promotion of Scientific and Technical Research Excellence: “Naturaleza gobernada. Un enfoque ecológico, institucional y cultural del manejo comunitario de recursos (Siglos XIII-XXI),” 2016 (Reference: HAR2015-64076-P); “Contribuciones de la resistencia civil para la prevención de la violencia, la construcción de la paz y la transformación de conflictos en los Territorios Palestinos y Colombia”, 2015 (Reference: HAR2015-74378-JIN). Additionally, it was financed by the “Ayuda de Formación de Profesorado Universitario,” 2014, (Reference: FPU 14/01270).

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