BEIJING, June 12 (INP): Hua Chunying, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of China when chairing regular press conference said that the number of mosques in the US nationwide is less than a tenth of that in Xinjiang Region, China. “The US State Department rebuked China's religious policies in its 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom. US Secretary of State Pompeo also attacked the CPC on religious issues at a press conference. What is your comment?” At conference, a journalist asked Hua. In response, Hua introduced and compared the Islamic situations of China and US: “The Chinese government protects our citizens' freedom of religious belief in accordance with law. In China there are nearly 200 million religious believers, more than 380,000 clerical personnel, approximately 5,500 religious groups and more than 140,000 places of worship registered for religious activities.” “By contrast, ethnic minorities in the US find themselves in a worrisome situation with regard to religion. The US has a long-standing problem of systemic racism.

According to poll results release by Gallup and Pew Research Centre, 75 percent of Muslims in the US believe they are under severe discrimination due to their religion.

As per the publicly available data, she said,” I've seen, the number of mosques in the US nationwide is less than a tenth of that in Xinjiang. There are mass protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, which in itself reveals deep-rooted problems,” she said. According to the national census of China, there are more than 30 million Muslims in China. They cover most urban and rural areas of China. Chinese of all ethnic groups enjoy full freedom of religious belief, the facts are there for all to see, Hua said yesterday according to China Economic Net. INP/JAVED