Apple has removed Quran Majeed from App store in China, according to a report by BBC. Quran Majeed is a popular app for reading the Islamic religious text.
One of the most popular religious apps in the world for Islamic religious study. Quran Majeed is available globally and has approximately 35 million users. The Quran Majeed app remains available in other countries on the App Store as well as on Google Play. Google Play Store is not available in China.
Apple has removed an app that included a digital copy of Muslims' holy book Quran from its app store after a request by the Chinese government. The app was removed due to content deemed "illegal religious texts" according to Chinese authorities. China officially recognizes Islam as a religion but also faced criticism for human rights violations and genocide against the Muslim in Xinjiang province. Earlier this year BBC also reported that Uyghur Muslim had been targeted in China's Xinjiang. In March this year is was reported in human rights report 2020 that “genocide and crimes against humanity occurred during the year against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.”
Quran Majeed has been developed by a Pakistani company Pakistan Data Management Services (PDMS). “PDMS is trying to get in touch with CAC and relevant Chinese authorities, so Quran Majeed app can be restored in China App store, as we have close to a million users in China that have been impacted”, said PDMS.
China is deliberately pursuing birth control policies to cause a reduction of 2.6 million to 4.5 million births among Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, according to a new analysis by German researcher.
Quran Majeed is not the only app to face removal from China’s Apple App Store. Another popular religious app, Olive Tree's Bible app, was also taken down this week in China. The company told the BBC they had removed the app themselves.
Olive Tree Bible Software was informed during the App Store review process that we are required to provide a permit demonstrating our authorization to distribute an app with book or magazine content in mainland China. Since we did not have the permit and needed to get our app update approved and out to customers, we removed our Bible app from China's App Store, said a spokesperson.
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