【Watch Selina's Gold Online】

In an effort to combat "religious extremists,Watch Selina's Gold Online" China has announced a series of bans on a range of physical attributes, including "abnormal beards" and the wearing of veils in public places.

While China claims that the measures are in place to fight "extremists," many of them appear to cover traditional Muslim custom, and will be enforced in Xinjiang, home to the country's largest Muslim population.

SEE ALSO: ISIS releases first Chinese-language propaganda with Mandarin chant

Under the 15 new rules, workers in public places will be asked to "dissuade" those who fully cover their bodies, including the wearing of veils and the growing of "abnormal beards."

A Muslim Uighur man from Xinjiang. Credit: Getty Images

The legislation also says people cannot reject "radio, television and other public facilities."

It goes on to mention that people will also be prosecuted for "intervening in others' secular lives."

Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Xinjiang has a population of eight million Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group that faces growing tension with the majority Han Chinese population.

Despite measures over the years that appear to discriminate against the Uighurs, China insists that the legal, cultural and religious rights of the minority group are fully protected.

In 2014, a city in Xinjiang banned people with beards and those wearing veils from boarding buses.

Credit: getty images

President Xi had earlier this month called for a "great wall of iron" to safeguard the western region of Xinjiang, following an Islamic State video that was posted, showing what appeared to be Uighur fighters undergoing training.

The fighters announced in the video that they would "shed blood like rivers and avenge the oppressed" when they returned to Xinjiang.

---

Featured Video For You

---

Indulge your fear of heights with China's latest glass bridge

---

• Entertainment
• Science
• Shopping
• Life
• Deals
• Tech
• Social Good
• Digital Culture

• Blood Will Out
• Forget AirPower. The MacBook Pro keyboard is the real problem.
• Mom breaks down in tears with daughter after voting for Hillary
• The Cure's Robert Smith was perfectly blunt in this interview, and the internet loves it
• The Forgotten Man
• Apple officially cancels AirPower wireless charging mat
• Google says its Files app can now actually clean your phone's screen
• New Delhi continues to choke with polluted air after Diwali
• Don’t Troll, Organize
• 'Borderlands 3' reveal tainted by Randy Pitchford's ugly legal drama

• Objects of Despair: Fake Meat by Meghan O’Gieblyn
• 'Rebel Moon
• Redux: A Smile Like Collapsed Piano Keys by The Paris Review
• 'The Creator' review: A stunning reminder we need more original sci
• Rite Aid is now banned from using AI facial recognition tech
• Now’s The Time: An Interview with David Amram by Gary Lippman
• The Provocation of a Good Meal by Maryse Condé
• Microsoft Copilot now lets you create AI songs from text prompts
• God’s Wife: An Interview with Amanda Michalopoulou by Christopher Merrill
• Disgraced Congressman George Santos opens a Cameo account

• Freedom to Bash Heads
• Mom breaks down in tears with daughter after voting for Hillary
• The most important buying factors for video
• The most important buying factors for video
• The Poor Under Attack
• We need to stop romanticizing the 'extremely offline' life
• Discovery Channel and BBC Studios announce new streaming service
• Twitter's new dark mode is actually black and it's glorious
• Best Dyson deal: Get the Dyson Airstrait Straightener for its lowest price yet
• Oppo's new Reno phone has a slanted pop

• Don’t Let Them Win
• Tom Brady's April Fools' Day prank sucks
• Discovery Channel and BBC Studios announce new streaming service
• Apple's AirPower is canceled, but at least we have these memes
• The Fire This Time
• Scottish boy pulls the ultimate Facebook prank on unsuspecting mother
• 'Fox & Friends' aired a graphic suggesting there are three Mexicos
• Twitter's new dark mode is actually black and it's glorious
• It Is Happening Again
• Mr Potato Head gets fired, replaced by his millennial counterpart Mr Avo Head and ¯\