peribiden The statement comes days after reports of China destroying a alternate Buddhist statue deified by Tibetans in western China’s Sichuan fiefdom surfaced.
The US state department on Thursday expressed concern over reports of China’s conduct against Tibetan Buddhists, including the destruction of Buddha statues as a part of its crusade to annihilate the traditions of the ethnical nonage. The state department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, which promotes universal respect for freedom of religion or belief for all as a core ideal of US foreign policy, prompted the Chinese authorities to admire the right of Tibetans to exercise their belief freely.
“ We’re veritably troubled by reports of raising PRC conduct against Tibetan Buddhists, including authorities destroying Buddha statues, removing prayer bus, and burning prayer flags. We prompt PRC authorities to admire the right of Tibetans to exercise their beliefs freely,” the US Office of International Religious Freedom wrote on Twitter.
The statement comes days after reports of China destroying a alternate Buddhist statue deified by Tibetans in western China’s Sichuan fiefdom surfaced. The destruction of a three- storey statue of Maitreya Buddha at Gaden Namyal Ling friary in Drago county in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was verified through marketable satellite imagery, reported Radio Free Asia.
Chinese officers claimed that the statue was razed due to safety reasons, according to the report. They said that there was no fire escape in the tabernacle casing the three- story high statue of Maitreya Buddha, reported RFA quoting people familiar with the matter.
Beijing has been long indicted of cracking down on ethnical nonages in an apparent attempt to strip off their identity. China has been reportedly assessing restrictions on religious and “ Arabic” armature in Hui- dominated areas. Huis are the Chinese speaking community that follows Islam, and are considered to be the largest Muslim nonage group there with over 20 million population.
