China detains ethnic Kazakh Muslim for reciting Quran publicly

Chinese authorities in East Turkistan detained a 52-year-old ethnic Kazakh man for allegedly reciting the Quran verse at a Muslim wedding. The arrested man, identified as Kusman Rehim, is a citizen of Xinjiang’s Jimsar area. 

He was detained on July 14 according to Bekzat Maksutkhan, the leader of the Atajurt rights organisation located in Kazakhstan. However, the news came



into the limelight on August 28.The move was considered a continuation of the so-called “strike hard” campaign to crackdown on racial and religious minorities in the communist country.

Bilal, the younger brother of Kusman, who resides in Kazakhstan, emphasised that the family had not yet received any official notification or information regarding the accusations made against Kusman.