All mosques in China should raise the national flag and study the Chinese Constitution, socialist core values to strengthen their “concept of nation” and carry forward “the spirit of patriotism,” state-run China Islamic Association said. Chinese experts hailed the initiative for seeking to assimilate religion into a socialist society and as progress for religious development. In a letter published on its website, the association urged nationwide Islamic associations and mosques to raise national flags all the time and in prominent positions. Associations and mosques should also study the Chinese Constitution, socialist core values and traditional classical Chinese culture, state-run Global Times quoted the letter as saying.

All mosques in China should raise the national flag and study the Chinese Constitution, socialist core values to strengthen their “concept of nation” and carry forward “the spirit of patriotism,” state-run China Islamic Association said. Chinese experts hailed the initiative for seeking to assimilate religion into a socialist society and as progress for religious development. In a letter published on its website, the association urged nationwide Islamic associations and mosques to raise national flags all the time and in prominent positions. Associations and mosques should also study the Chinese Constitution, socialist core values and traditional classical Chinese culture, state-run Global Times quoted the letter as saying.