Halal food sellers in Beijing to remove words and images connected to Islam from their business signs ordered by Chinese officials.

Halal food sellers in Beijing to remove words and images connected to Islam from their business signs ordered by Chinese officials..

In Islamic communities Muslims don't buy food unless the food is not "Halal" meaning its not forbidden in Islam and for that reason every food seller companies or restaurants put the sign of "Crescent moon" and words such as “Halal” written in Arabic.

The employees of the restaurants said the officials told them to remove Sign or Image which is written in Arabic.

There is about 20 million Muslims live in China.

This campaign also included the removal of Middle Eastern-style "Gumbads" which are the constructional elements on mosques which visually looks like this: 

And you can witness that in every Mosque from every corner of the world.

And not only Islam is affected by this campaign Christianity also affected and the officials closed or destroyed christian churches which operates without the permission of Chinese government.

There is more than 1,000  halal food stores and restaurants in Beijing and because of online delivery orders to stores by the food app called "Meituan Dianping" these numbers quoted here. These stores are spread in different area of  the city’s historic Muslim neighborhood and no wonder why there is more than 1,000 halal food stores.

It was not certainly stated that if every Halal restaurant in Beijing had been told to remove or hide Arabic writing and Islamic images. But most of the food businesses already changed their signs with the Chinese term of "Hilal" to "qing zhen." and most of the business owners just hidden Arabic and Islamic images.

The store owners who spoke with Reuters said they don't have a problem with replacing their signs or images. But some said that they have to face questions from their customers. And, one employee at a halal meat store accused officials of “erasing” Muslim culture.”

The employee said, “They are always talking about national unity, they’re always talking about China being international. Is this national unity?”

The Beijing government’s Committee on Ethnicity and Religious issues did not answer reporters’ questions. It only said the order was a national directive.

The National Ethnic Affairs Commission did not response to a request for comment.