Sinographic taboo against Islam

Language Log 2018-07-27

Summary:

Tweet by Timothy Grose, a specialist on Islam in China, especially in Xinjiang: A confidant in #Xinjiang asked me to share this image/report: All 伊 characters (also used for "Islam" in Chinese 伊斯兰教) appearing on signage must be removed or changed to a homophone (e.g. 依). The rumor is that even the Chinese name for […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=39352

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Victor Mair

Date tagged:

07/27/2018, 16:37

Date published:

07/27/2018, 12:00