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Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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Representative John Moolenaar's Remarks for USCIRF's Hearing on State-Controlled Religion in China

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

The truth exists beyond the reach of the state and and that no government can claim ownership of the soul. Under Xi Jinping, the CCP has declared war on faith itself. Across China today, The Party is carrying out the most systematic campaign of religious persecution since the Cultural Revolution. They call it sinicization of religion, but what it really means is subjugation. It demands that every conscience, every congregation and every creed bow to the Party. (01:05–01:12)

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Asserts that current religious persecution in China is the most systematic since the Cultural Revolution.

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